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Towards a model of interpersonal trust in Social Media Applications

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Kristina Kapanova,

Kevin KoidlAuthors Info & Claims

GoodTechs '19: Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

Pages 120 - 123

https://doi.org/10.1145/3342428.3342674

Published: 25 September 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Social Media applications have become one of the most pervasive and most used digital technologies in modern societies. Consumer uses it, among others, to share and consume information, stay in contact with other users and to stay up to date about local events and activities. As producer, it serves as a highly targeted advertising platform. However, it can be argued that the main focus of current Social Media platforms is in the promotion of premium content and not, as it is often perceived, the promotion of inter-human relationships. The former concept relies on engagement trackings, such as likes and comments, to assess interest for content targeting. Interhuman relationships, however, are more difficult to assess, measure and therefore promote. This is mostly due to the complexity of trust-based interactions between individuals. Without assessing trustworthiness however it is difficult to promote meaningful relationships in Social Media Applications. To overcome this shortcoming we introduce a model of interpersonal trust as a function of multidimensional features that applies to Social Media specific interactions.

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Borchert AHeisel M(2022)The Role of Trustworthiness Facets for Developing Social Media Applications: A Structured Literature ReviewInformation10.3390/info1301003413:1(34)Online publication date: 13-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.3390/info13010034
Guidi BKapanova KKoidl KMichienzi ARicci L(2020)The Contextual Ego Network P2P Overlay for the Next Generation Social NetworksMobile Networks and Applications10.1007/s11036-020-01525-3Online publication date: 15-Apr-2020
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01525-3

Index Terms

Towards a model of interpersonal trust in Social Media Applications
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks
    1. Redundancy
  2. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Embedded systems
    2. Robotics
2. Networks
  1. Network properties
    1. Network reliability
  2. Network types
    1. Overlay and other logical network structures

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GoodTechs '19: Proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

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DOI:10.1145/3342428

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Università di Padova, Italy
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University of Bremen, Germany
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UFAM, Brazil
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Università di Padova, Italy

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Borchert AHeisel M(2022)The Role of Trustworthiness Facets for Developing Social Media Applications: A Structured Literature ReviewInformation10.3390/info1301003413:1(34)Online publication date: 13-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.3390/info13010034
Guidi BKapanova KKoidl KMichienzi ARicci L(2020)The Contextual Ego Network P2P Overlay for the Next Generation Social NetworksMobile Networks and Applications10.1007/s11036-020-01525-3Online publication date: 15-Apr-2020
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-020-01525-3

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