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Trust and Communication: Foundations of Interconnectivity
Anil Jacob Kunnel
In today’s global and digitalized world, the investigation of relational trust as part of social connections has remained a popular and interdisciplinary academic topic. This book explores the idea of trust as a basic type of information processing that might be as old as human existence but has gained new attention with the emergence of online communication channels. The result is a strategic reconsideration of the brain’s role in the formation of social relationships and a new look at how information might shape our confidence in others.
- Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2021. 214 pp., 20 fig. b/w.
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Detailed List of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Social Relationships and Trust
- 2 Between Social and Mental States
- 2.1 Theoretical Assumptions on the Functionality of Trust
- 2.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Experience of Others
- 2.1.2 The Role of Trust in Social Interactions
- 2.1.3 The Role of Trust in Social Ties and Networks
- 2.1.4 The Role of Trust in Social Structuring and Information Exchanges
- 2.2 Empirical Approaches to the Formation of Trust
- 2.2.1 Behavioral Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.2 Unidimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.3 Two-Dimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.4 Transformational Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.5 Process-Oriented Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.6 Network Approaches to Trust
- 2.3 Trust through the Framework of Human Information Processing
- 3 Social Presence
- 3.1 Traditional Views of the Social Environment as a Social Universe
- 3.2 The Social Environment as a Social Multiverse
- 3.3 Social Presence and Our Implicit Awareness of Others
- 3.4 Social Presence in the Context of Information Processing
- 3.5 The Processing of Social Presence in Direct Copresence
- 3.6 The Processing of Social Presence in Mediated Interactions
- 3.6.1 The Processing of Social Presence in Unidirectional Channels
- 3.6.2 The Processing of Social Presence in Bidirectional Channels
- 3.6.3 The Processing of Social Presence in Multidirectional Channels
- 3.7 Social Presence as the Main Stimulus to the Experience of Social Relationships
- 4 Social Interference
- 4.1 The Significance of Memory for the Information Processing of Social Presence
- 4.2 A Simplified Model of the Information Processing of Social Presence
- 4.3 The Significance of Long-Term Memory for the Processing of Social Presence
- 4.4 The Memorization of Actor-Related Information Deriving from the Processing of Social Presence
- 4.5 Intersubjectivity and the Memorization of Relational Information
- 4.6 Social Interference
- 4.6.1 Interfering Experience of Interaction
- 4.6.2 Interfering Character Traits and Features
- 4.6.3 Interfering Sense of Belonging
- 4.7 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for the Perception of Social Relationships
- 4.8 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for Trust
- 5 Trust and Relational Confidence
- 5.1 Conductional Vigilance
- 5.2 Conductional Risk and the Inability to Process Contingencies of Social Interaction
- 5.3 Additional Factors Influencing the Experience of Conductional Vigilance
- 5.4 Conductional Vigilance as Part of Trust’s Operating Range and Efficacy
- 5.5 Trust and Its Supply of Relational Confidence
- 5.6 Trust as Prior to Cognitive Evaluation, Rationality, and the Building of Expectations
- 5.7 Trust as a Mental Algorithm
- 6 Trust and Social Interaction
- 6.1 Trust’s Ease of Conduct and Dynamic Range
- 6.2 Trust’s Functionality for the Social Performance and Navigation of Individuals
- 6.3 Trust’s Ease of Conduct as an Attribute of Individuals in Social Ties
- 6.4 Trust and Multirelationality
- 6.5 Trust’s General Impact on the Emergence and Disruption of Social Structures
- 6.6 Trust as Susceptible to Mass Communication
- 7 Trust and Mass Communication
- 7.1 Trust in the Light of Expanding Human Communication Networks
- 7.2 Trust and Public Mediators
- 7.3 Reliability, Consistency, and Transparency in the Reception of Public Mediators
- 7.4 Trustworthiness as a Substitute to Trust in Social Interactions
- 7.5 Trustworthiness as a Product of Collective Memory
- 7.6 Interdependencies between Trust and Trustworthiness
- 8 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Figures
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Detailed List of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Social Relationships and Trust
- 2 Between Social and Mental States
- 2.1 Theoretical Assumptions on the Functionality of Trust
- 2.1.1 The Role of Trust in the Experience of Others
- 2.1.2 The Role of Trust in Social Interactions
- 2.1.3 The Role of Trust in Social Ties and Networks
- 2.1.4 The Role of Trust in Social Structuring and Information Exchanges
- 2.2 Empirical Approaches to the Formation of Trust
- 2.2.1 Behavioral Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.2 Unidimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.3 Two-Dimensional Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.4 Transformational Cognitive Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.5 Process-Oriented Approaches to Trust
- 2.2.6 Network Approaches to Trust
- 2.3 Trust through the Framework of Human Information Processing
- 3 Social Presence
- 3.1 Traditional Views of the Social Environment as a Social Universe
- 3.2 The Social Environment as a Social Multiverse
- 3.3 Social Presence and Our Implicit Awareness of Others
- 3.4 Social Presence in the Context of Information Processing
- 3.5 The Processing of Social Presence in Direct Copresence
- 3.6 The Processing of Social Presence in Mediated Interactions
- 3.6.1 The Processing of Social Presence in Unidirectional Channels
- 3.6.2 The Processing of Social Presence in Bidirectional Channels
- 3.6.3 The Processing of Social Presence in Multidirectional Channels
- 3.7 Social Presence as the Main Stimulus to the Experience of Social Relationships
- 4 Social Interference
- 4.1 The Significance of Memory for the Information Processing of Social Presence
- 4.2 A Simplified Model of the Information Processing of Social Presence
- 4.3 The Significance of Long-Term Memory for the Processing of Social Presence
- 4.4 The Memorization of Actor-Related Information Deriving from the Processing of Social Presence
- 4.5 Intersubjectivity and the Memorization of Relational Information
- 4.6 Social Interference
- 4.6.1 Interfering Experience of Interaction
- 4.6.2 Interfering Character Traits and Features
- 4.6.3 Interfering Sense of Belonging
- 4.7 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for the Perception of Social Relationships
- 4.8 Relational Knowledge as the Foundation for Trust
- 5 Trust and Relational Confidence
- 5.1 Conductional Vigilance
- 5.2 Conductional Risk and the Inability to Process Contingencies of Social Interaction
- 5.3 Additional Factors Influencing the Experience of Conductional Vigilance
- 5.4 Conductional Vigilance as Part of Trust’s Operating Range and Efficacy
- 5.5 Trust and Its Supply of Relational Confidence
- 5.6 Trust as Prior to Cognitive Evaluation, Rationality, and the Building of Expectations
- 5.7 Trust as a Mental Algorithm
- 6 Trust and Social Interaction
- 6.1 Trust’s Ease of Conduct and Dynamic Range
- 6.2 Trust’s Functionality for the Social Performance and Navigation of Individuals
- 6.3 Trust’s Ease of Conduct as an Attribute of Individuals in Social Ties
- 6.4 Trust and Multirelationality
- 6.5 Trust’s General Impact on the Emergence and Disruption of Social Structures
- 6.6 Trust as Susceptible to Mass Communication
- 7 Trust and Mass Communication
- 7.1 Trust in the Light of Expanding Human Communication Networks
- 7.2 Trust and Public Mediators
- 7.3 Reliability, Consistency, and Transparency in the Reception of Public Mediators
- 7.4 Trustworthiness as a Substitute to Trust in Social Interactions
- 7.5 Trustworthiness as a Product of Collective Memory
- 7.6 Interdependencies between Trust and Trustworthiness
- 8 Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Figures