Critiquing the critics
Subtitle: an approach for the comparative evaluation of critical schemas
By: Greta Hsu, Joel M. Podolny
Contributors: Podolny, Joel M. (Joel Marc); Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 03-206; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 03-206
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Description: The emergence and persistence of a market requires a broadly accepted framework or schema for the evaluation of product offerings. In many markets, critics play an important role in the elaboration of these schemas. However, sociologists lack a systematic method for comparing critical schemas and consequently lack a systematic method for assessing how critics play their respective roles. In this paper, we propose a method for making such comparisons. This approach gives rise to a role typology, where schemas can be of four types: simple, complex, unpartitioned, and robust. This paper applies this method to the analysis of film reviews appearing in Variety and the New York Times between 1946 and 1982.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.