Becky Ellis and Anna Haywood at the University of Essex are doing some excellent qualitative work on ebay as a consumption/performance of knowledges phenomenon, though not on trust specifically. They are running this conference http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay/Programme.html The names in the programme should give some guidance. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Ronald Rice Sent: Mon 25/07/2005 22:31 To: air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Anyone know of published,qualitative studies of trust on e-bay? I know that there are large-scale, economic analysis of e-bay usage, as it's a great example of an information-based market economy. But someone asked me if there were any user studies of e-bay, specifically about issues of trust, rating credibility, etc. I said, if anyone knows about this stuff, it would be AoIR folks. See you at AoIR in Chicago! Thanks! ======================================================= Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Endowed Professor Co-Director, Center for Film, Television and New Media President-Elect of the International Communication Association Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-8696; Fax: 805-893-7102 rrice@comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/ _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/