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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Main Author: Nilanjan Raghunath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-03-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-024-00212-0