التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
Artificial-intelligence-related drivers of civic engagement: social capital, trust and values, and the mediating role of knowledge sharing |
المؤلفون: |
Alansari, Husain Mohamed Ali Abdulla Mohamed |
المساهمون: |
Gerwe, O, Razzaque, A |
المصدر: |
ftbruneluniv |
بيانات النشر: |
Brunel University London |
سنة النشر: |
2020 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Exprimental survey, Using Ai in social capital, Ai in civic engagement, Knowldge sharing can improve Ai civic engagement, Ai improve social capital, socio, phil |
الوصف: |
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University London ; Purpose: To assess the relationship between social capital and civic engagement in the absence and presence of knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach: The present research takes a positivist and quantitative approach. It applies an experimental methodology. In order to investigate the research conceptual framework empirically, a survey was pre-tested and post-tested. A chatbot experiment was applied to explore the effect of AI on the respondents’ recognition of civic engagement. The chatbot experiment was placed in between the pre and the post tests and it was applied on the sample of the research. The survey was given to a sample of 385 university students and staff members. The returned questionnaires were (68.3%). Findings: The data analysis process guided the researcher to conclude that according to the social capital theory there are two significant components of social capital which are bridging and bonding social capital. In the context of AI, social media is a perfect representation of social capital, as it has many effects on the processes of engagement in the community. In addition, the models of social capital theory are broadly employed in the research in terms of knowledge sharing and social behavior. However, a combination of social capital and social exchange theories should be used to better recognize the integration of knowledge sharing and social media. Further to that the theories in the available related literature are not sufficient to understand the relationship between social capital and civic engagement, in the presence and absence of knowledge sharing, in an environment characterized by AI. Contributions and implications: The current thesis makes four main theoretical contributions: The first contribution assumes that AI can be used to examine the social sciences; especially, to evaluate how knowledge sharing with the help of social science can be effective if used along ... |
نوع الوثيقة: |
thesis |
اللغة: |
English |
Relation: |
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23395 |
الاتاحة: |
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/23395 |
Rights: |
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رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.FFB1656E |
قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |