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Communication, risk, trust
- Source: Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, Volume 12, Issue 1, Jun 2021, p. 91 - 101
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- 27 Mar 2020
- 30 Apr 2021
- 01 Jun 2021
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Abstract
Communication presumes trust, but trust presumes risk. The main characteristic of trust is that it offers social stability, gives strength for mutual expectations and makes possible the construction of a common world. These traits make possible to present the temporal, spatial and identical aspects of trust. The confrontation of ‘traditional’ and online trust shows that there is not an essential difference between them but a relational one, the essence of trust appears on his relational mode. The relational approach makes evident that only the risky choice gives content for trust, in the sense that it is capable to open new, creative possibilities for communication.
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