Internet Online
Suppose that you were preparing a
paper on the role of interpersonal trust in relationships. Consider the possibility
of
searching for information on the Internet. Using the three categories of sources
listed below, identify three sources in each
category and look them up. When you
have completed the task, list your source review on a sheet similar to the one
provided at
the bottom of this page
Commercial Sources
McGill-Queen's University Press (Chapter 1 of Dilemmas of Trust by Trudy Govier)
Interpersonal Trust Surveys (Prentice-Hall of Canada)
TrustWorks (MPA Inc.)
Virtual Consulting (interpersonal skills development)
Search Engines
Use as many of the the following search engines as you wish (at least two) to find at least
three sources of relevant information on the topic of interpersonal trust:
Inference Find
Oingo
Searchopolis
Snap
Yahoo
Remember, if you cannot find relevant materials using a combined phrase, such as "interpersonal trust," use alternative keywords. Or, you may wish to separate the terms and look for sources that deal with "trust" alone. Make sure only to include those that are related to communication, however. The concept of trust has many other meanings in financial and business settings that are largely irrelevant to this assignment.
Miscellaneous Sources
Center
for the Study of Democracy
(Sustaining Democracy: A Study of Authoritarianism
and Personalism In Irish Political Culture by Rachel A. Cichowski)
Professor
Ronald Ingelhart's Research (including work on interpersonal trust)
* Trust,
Wellbeing, and Democracy
The Psychological Underpinnings of Democracy: A Selective
Review of Research on Political Tolerance,
Interpersonal Trust, and Social Capital by J. L. Sullivan and J. E. Transue (from
Annual Review of
Psychology)
Trust and Information (by Herbert Burkert including international and fiscal issues)
A Record of Internet Sources
Examine at least
three sources in each of the following categories and answer the
questions about them.
Commercial Sources
1. Source Examined:___________________________________________
2. Source Examined:___________________________________________
3. Source Examined:___________________________________________
Search Engines
1. Search
Engine Used:_________________________________________
a. Internet source found:_____________________________________
URL for source:__________________________________________
b. Internet source
found:_____________________________________
URL for source:__________________________________________
2. Search Engine Used:_________________________________________
a. Internet source found:_____________________________________
URL for source:__________________________________________
b. Internet source
found:_____________________________________
URL for source:__________________________________________
(continue additional sources by attaching sheets if necessary)
Miscellaneous Sources
1. Source Examined:___________________________________________
2. Source Examined:___________________________________________
3. Source Examined:___________________________________________
Which sources were most "user friendly?"
Why do you think this fact was the case?
