Uwe Matzat Welcome on my homepage. I am an Assistant Professor (in Dutch: Universitaire Docent) in Sociology. I work within the Sociology Section at the School of Innovation Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands).

• research interests:

  • web science: online reputation systems, online communities, social media, sociability, social control on the internet, social consequences of the internet, knowledge sharing in online settings, the internet and academic communication, methods of online data collection
  • in general: problems of cooperation and social order, social networks, social signaling, rational choice theory, and other topics
    

• research papers-complete list here

  only the recent ones:

  • Matzat, U., & Sadowski, B. (2012). "Does the 'Do-it-yourself approach' reduce digital inequality? Evidence of self-learning of digital skills" in: The Information Society, 28, 1: 1-11. (pre-print)
  • Matzat, U. (2010). "Reducing problems of sociability in online communities: Integrating online communication with offline interaction" in: American Behavioral Scientist, 53, 8: 1170-1193. (pre-print)
  • Matzat, U. , & Snijders, C. (2010). "Does the Online Collection of Ego-Centered Network Data reduce Data Quality? An Experimental Comparison." in: Social Networks, 32, 2: 105-111. (pre-print)
  • Rooks, G. & Matzat, U., (2010). "Cross-cultural differences in effects of social embeddedness on trust. A comparative study of German and Dutch business transactions." in: Social Science Journal, 47, 1: 45-68. (pre-print)
  • Matzat, U. (2009). "The Acceptance and Effectiveness of Social Control on the Internet" in: Cook, K., Snijders, C., Buskens, V. (eds): E-Trust: Forming Relationships in the Online World. Russell Sage Foundation. New York: 238-265. (abstract)
  • Matzat, U. (2009). "Quality of Information in Academic Emailing Lists." in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60, 9: 1859-1870. (pre-print)
  • Matzat, U. (2009). "A Theory of Relational Signals in Online Groups." in: New Media & Society, 11, 3: 375-394. (pre-print)
  • Utz, S., Matzat, U., & Snijders, C. (2009). "Online Reputation Systems: The Effects of Feedback Comments and Reactions on Building and Rebuilding Trust in Online Auctions." in: International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 13, 3: 95-118. (pre-print)
    

• teaching / courses
  
• curriculum vitae

Founding and serving editor, together with Ulf-Dietrich Reips, of the International Journal of Internet Science (IJIS): Vol. 1 - Vol. 6 are published. Contents of Vol 6, issue 1: Ulf-Dietrich Reips: Journal Impact Revisited (Editorial) Articles Michaël Opgenhaffen & Leen d'Haenens: The Impact of Online News Features on Learning from News: A Knowledge Experiment Barbara Stiglbauer, Timo Gnambs, & Manuela Gamsjäger: The Interactive Effects of Motivations and Trust in Anonymity on Adolescents' Enduring Participation in Web-Based Social Science Research: A Longitudinal Behavioral Analysis Taghreed M. Alqudsi-ghabra, Talal Al-Bannai, & Mohammad Al-Bahrani: The Internet in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC): Vehicle of Change Book Review Edith D. de Leeuw: Handbook of Web Surveys (Book Review)

• organizing activities:
  
  

• membership in academic associations:

  member of the German Society for Online Research / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Online-Forschung (member of the board 2002-2009)

  member of the section 'modelbuilding and simulation' (Modellbildung und Simulation) of the German Sociological Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie

  member of the section 'sociology of media & communication' (Medien- und Kommunikationssoziologie) of the German Sociological Society / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie

  member of the section Communication & Information Technologies of the American Sociological Association

  member of the Association of Internet Researchers

address:

Dr. Uwe Matzat
Sociology Section / Human-Technology Interaction Group
School of Innovation Science
Department of IE & IS
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands

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