Theorising quantified credibility in the age of big data: a case of China’s Social Credit System
Abstract In this paper, I theoretically examine the concept of quantified credibility in sociology. I argue that quantified credibility has components of status, reputation, and trust, which are arbitrations of rankings of individuals, public and private institutions to determine their trustworthine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2024-03-01
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Series: | The Journal of Chinese Sociology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-024-00212-0 |