Trust and Reputation in Digital Environments
The trend of e-governance and m-governance in governance is increasing rapidly and the instrument of governance is getting closer to the citizens. This chapter considers the trust and reputation of the digital environment of e-governance and m-governance in the world from the existing legal and judicial inkling. How sufficient are the international policies and benchmarks on the use of information communication technology (ICT) for e-governance and m-governance within and among nations to be trusted and judged to be of good repute among the users and has it been able to promote the use of e-governance and m-governance among the nations of the world? The theoretical framework that this chapter hinges on is the actor network theory (ANT). It emerged from a line of research broadly referred to as the social shaping of technology. The methodology adopted focuses on the United Nation survey data on e-governance from 2005-2016. The data collected is analyzed based on regional and economic groupings for e-government development index (EGDI) of Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.