Intro; Contents; Editorial; 1. Concepts and Backgrounds; Community and Human Social Nature in Contemporary Society; Three Aspects of Interpersonal Trust; The Social Psychology of Trust with Applications in the Internet; Cooperation and Community on the Internet: Past Issues and Present Perspectives for Theoretical-Empirical Internet Research; 2. The Internet as an Environment for Trust; Developing Trust on the Internet; Trust, Reliance and the Internet; Internet Capital; Esteem, Identifiability and the Internet; 3. Reputation and Online Auctions.

Reputation and Internet Auctions: eBay and BeyondTrust among Internet Traders; The Evolution of Trust (worthiness) in the Net; 4. Groups and Networks; The Emergence of Trust Networks under Uncertainty

Implications for Internet Interactions; Local Virtuality in a High-Tech Networked Organization; How May Virtual Communication Shape Cooperation in a Work Team?; Trust and Community in Open Source Software Production; 5. Law and the Internet; Crime, Law and the Internet; Internet-Hymn; Authors.