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R. H. R. Harper, Richard H. R. Harper, R. H. R. Harper, Richard H R Harper, Richard H. R. Harper, Harper Richard H. R.

Trust, Computing, and Society

English · Hardback

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Description

"Do new forms of connection need more regulation and control? These fascinating essays explore the question from technical, socio-philosophical, and design perspectives"--

List of contents

1. Introduction and overview Richard Harper; Part I. The Topography of Trust and Computing: 2. The role of trust in cyberspace David Clark; 3. The new face of the internet Thomas Karagiannis; 4. Trust as a methodological tool in security engineering George Danezis; Part II. Conceptual Points of View: 5. Computing and the search for trust Tom Simpson; 6. The worry about trust Olli Lagerspetz; 7. The inescapability of trust Bob Anderson and Wes Sharrock; 8. Trust in interpersonal interaction and cloud computing Rod Watson; 9. Trust, social identity, and computation Charles Ess; Part III. Trust in Design: 10. Design for trusted and trustworthy services M. Angela Sasse and Iacovos Kirlappos; 11. Dialogues: trust in design Richard Banks; 12. Trusting oneself Richard Harper and William Odom; 13. Reflections on trust, computing and society Richard Harper; Bibliography.

About the author

Richard Harper is Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge and co-manages the Socio-Digital Systems Group. His tenth book, Texture: Human Expression in the Age of Communications Overload, was named Book of the Year (2011) by the Association of Internet Researchers. His prior books include the IEEE award-winning The Myth of the Paperless Office, co-authored with Abi Sellen, and Inside the IMF: An Ethnography of Documents, Technology and Organisational Action.

Product details

Authors	R. H. R. Harper, Richard H. R. Harper
Assisted by	R. H. R. Harper (Editor), Richard H R Harper (Editor), Richard H. R. Harper (Editor), Harper Richard H. R. (Editor)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press ELT

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	28.02.2014

EAN	9781107038479
ISBN	978-1-107-03847-9
No. of pages	373
Subjects	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general) computer science, Philosophy of Science, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Information technology: general issues, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects

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