The reputation society: How online opinions are reshaping the offline world

Editors Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey put together a compilation of articles discussing the implications of social networking and other internet tools in the shaping of systems throughout the world in The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World. Hassan Masum is Innovation Lead at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Affiliate Researcher at the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, an past team leader in the Ethical, Social, Cultural project of the International Grand Challenge Global Health initiative. Also a researcher and author, Masum has published in various venues and contributed chapters to two books. Masum coauthored Manifesto for the Reputation Society within this book. Mark Tovey completed his Ph.D in Cognitive Science in the Advanced Cognitive Engineering Lab at Carleton University. Tovey edited Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace, and was previously the editor of Worldchanging Canada from 2006-2010. Tovey has served as a panelist at various conferences. d s in