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In IT information should not be considered as mere ‘data’, like empirical findings in the direct perception of the physical environment; but rather as a social construct. It is created and tailored on purpose by somebody for somebody else, it is believed or not, compared, transmitted and propagated through social relations and interactions. We will illustrate different facets of this social nature of information, with special attention to some trust issues.
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Castelfranchi, C. (2001). Information Agents: The Social Nature of Information and the Role of Trust. In: Klusch, M., Zambonelli, F. (eds) Cooperative Information Agents V. CIA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44799-7_22
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