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Professor Josep Martínez Polo defended his research on collaborative platforms, for which the Catholic University enabled a virtual environment with two rooms, one public, where the defense was developed, and another private, in which the members of the tribunal composed of Andrés Pedreño, (University of Alicante), Mikko Villi (Jyväskylä, Finland) and Manuel González-Sicilia (UCAM). Yesterday this act was carried out via online in accordance with the provisions of the Strategic Plan for Digital Transformation that UCAM has deployed with virtual tools and methodologies, which includes teaching all its students, exams, seminars, tutorials and defenses of TFG , TFM and the referred Doctoral Theses. The new scenario has been a challenge for the International Doctoral School of the Catholic University of Murcia, which has prepared a virtual environment to guarantee that the first thesis defense 'online' in its history has been carried out with complete normality and in compliance with the quality and safety requirements set by Spanish legislation. The public defense session, which was freely accessible, was followed at various times by more than fifty people.
The other private room was accessed only by the members of the court, to be constituted first and then to deliberate and carry out the qualification of the work. The Vice Chancellor for Research at UCAM, Estrella Núñez, has assessed that the thesis has been carried out "with complete normality; the members of the Court have contacted from Finland, Alicante and Murcia, as well as the public who have wanted to witness the act.
The Vice Chancellor He adds that "a new era has begun in which it is possible to hold this type of event in different temporal and physical spaces." Collaborative digital platforms, main theme of the first thesis 'online' Josep Manuel Martínez Polo, professor at the UCAM Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, has been the first doctor for this university to defend his thesis online.
'Trust and online reputation in users of collaborative digital platforms for shared access and on demand' is the title of his thesis, in which he has shown that "reputation is a dynamic property, which is gained or lost based on of the results of behavior when interacting with others and it is not a currency, it is not spent when using it, rather it is put at risk, and it does not have a limited space ". The new doctor has also highlighted that "users make trust decisions based on their previous experience, on the experience of others, on the comments and ratings of people or online profiles they trust.
These trust decisions are also made in depending on the brand or the prestige of the digital platform and perceived factors such as honesty, benevolence and competence of the same.
Online reputation will be the measure that indicates that someone can trust a person as the 21st century progresses " Likewise, Martínez highlighted that "in Spain alone there are more than 400 platforms that are part of the digital ecosystem, which should take care of its users, ensure their rights and favor an environment that promotes the development of effective, honest reputation and trust mechanisms and legal.
" "The platforms I have studied were created by innovators and started to be used by early adopters, and then became known and used by the vast majority of users.
They are mostly global and solve problems or needs of consumers and hence its success as a phenomenon.
In the minds of consumers and in the minds of many experts they almost always appear the same (Uber, Airbnb, Glovo, Deliveroo, BlaBlaCar) and usually take the whole cake (the winner takes it all) but in the thesis I include more than 400 digital platforms that will compete for the attention of users.
And new projects that nobody sees coming and that are disruptive continue to emerge.
In my case, any project related to education has my attention "concludes the new doctor.
Source: UCAM
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