Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents III
3. Editorial 1
4. 1. Concepts and Backgrounds
5. Community and Human Social Nature in Contemporary Society 7
6. Three Aspects of Interpersonal Trust 30
7. The Social Psychology of Trust with Applications in the Internet 48
8. Cooperation and Community on the Internet: Past Issues and Present Perspectives for Theoretical-Empirical Internet Research 63
9. 2. The Internet as an Environment for Trust
10. Developing Trust on the Internet 91
11. Trust, Reliance and the Internet 108
12. Internet Capital 122
13. Esteem, Identifiability and the Internet 139
14. 3. Reputation and Online Auctions
15. Reputation and Internet Auctions: eBay and Beyond 158
16. Trust among Internet Traders 185
17. The Evolution of Trust (worthiness) in the Net 203
18. 4. Groups and Networks
19. The Emergence of Trust Networks under Uncertainty - Implications for Internet Interactions 220
20. Local Virtuality in a High-Tech Networked Organization 241
21. How May Virtual Communication Shape Cooperation in a Work Team? 258
22. Trust and Community in Open Source Software Production 279
23. 5. Law and the Internet
24. Crime, Law and the Internet 302
25. Internet-Hymn 313
26. Authors 314