Critics, ratings, and society
Subtitle: the sociology of reviews
By: Grant Blank
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Social choice; Criticism -- Social aspects; Consumers -- Attitudes; Critics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index
Table of contents: title: What are reviews?; title: Toward a theory of credible rating systems; title: Connoisseurial reviews: restaurants; title: Procedural reviews: statistical software; title: The production of reviews; title: Audiences, credibility, and the social construction of reviews; title: "Dining is my sport": reception and hierarchies; title: Reviews and the status culture