What is the Bright Internet? One way to define ‘bright’ is to explore darkness. The purpose of this panel is to clarify what is meant by the ‘Bright Internet’ by presenting the contrast of the ‘Dark Internet’ and the dark web. The panelists, all of whom have expertise in the dark side of Internet and information technology use, will discuss deception, fraud, phishing, terrorism, and the dark web.

Despite recognition of the benefits of relational governance in inter-organizational exchanges, factors that may erode its value have received little examination. We extend the literature by asking whether self-interested opportunities and long-standing ties erode the positive association between relational governance and performance. Consistent with transaction cost and moral hazard logics, ex...

Motivation Software-Projekte und damit auch deren Requirements Engineering (RE) sind eingebettet in das Projektund Firmenumfeld von Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer. Hierzu gehören in nicht unerheblichem Maße auch die Machtverhältnisse und politischen Strategien der beteiligten Stakeholder. Diese Machtverhältnisse wirken sich auf den gesamten Prozess des REs und dessen Ergebnisse aus, z.B. auf En...

Using the taxonomy of Bright ICT research and the framework of freedom of expression, this article focuses on Restorative Bright ICT to capture the problems arising from the use of social media within eParticipation in Indonesia, and how to overcome them. The article addresses the objectives by analyzing three illustrative cases of eParticipation through social media in Indonesia. Data from doc...

Despite extensive popular press coverage of the dark side of the internet, apparently no social scientific research has yet been published on the topic of cyberstalking. This report summarizes three pilot studies conducted in the process of developing a satisfactory factorially complex measure of cyberstalking victimization, and then investigates the incidence of such victimization, and its int...

Unethical behavior within organizations is not rare. We investigate experimentally the role of status-seeking behavior in sabotage and cheating activities aiming at improving one’s performance ranking in a flat-wage environment. We find that average effort is higher when individuals are informed about their relative performance. However, ranking feedback also favors disreputable behavior. Some ...

In traditional organizations, stretch goals difficult and seemingly unattainable goals have been much debated for their paradoxical effects. Recently, their use as a managerial instrument in IT-mediated crowds has increased. Using online crowdfunding on Kickstarter as an example, we investigate how the use of stretch goals influences project performance. Empirical results show that the use of s...