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Highly recommended! The content characteristics and perceived usefulness of online consumer reviews

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Highly recommended! The content characteristics and perceived usefulness of online consumer reviews

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The aim of the present study was to gain a better understanding of the content characteristics that make online consumer reviews a useful source of consumer information. To this end, we content analyzed reviews of experience and search products posted on Amazon.com (N = 400). The insights derived from this content analysis were linked with the proportion of ‘useful’ votes that reviews received from fellow consumers. The results show that content characteristics are paramount to understanding the perceived usefulness of reviews. Specifically, argumentation (density and diversity) served as a significant predictor of perceived usefulness, as did review valence although this latter effect was contingent on the type of product (search or experience) being evaluated in reviews. The presence of expertise claims appeared to be weakly related to the perceived usefulness of reviews. The broader theoretical, methodological and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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OrganisatieHogeschool Rotterdam
LectoraatKenniscentrum Creating 010
Gepubliceerd inJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication Vol. 17 (2011), Uitgave: 1, Pagina's: 19-38
Datum2011-10-01
TypeArtikel
DOI10.1111/j.1083-6101.2011.01551.x
TaalEngels

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