1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452285003321

Autore

Blank Grant

Titolo

Critics, ratings, and society : the sociology of reviews / / Grant Blank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-7425-4703-5

0-7425-7579-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

302/.13

Soggetti

Social choice

Criticism - Social aspects

Consumers - Attitudes

Critics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 What Are Reviews?; 2 Toward a Theory of Credible Rating Systems; 3 Connoisseurial Reviews: Restaurants; 4 Procedural Reviews: Statistical Software; 5 The Production of Reviews; 6 Audiences, Credibility, and the Social Construction of Reviews; 7 ""Dining Is My Sport"": Reception and Hierarchies; 8 Reviews and the Status Culture; Appendices; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Critics, Ratings, and Society is the first comprehensive study of the review as social institution. Its theories and data encompass reviews of all types of products-including the arts (e.g. theater, books, and music) and consumer products (e.g. cars, software, and appliances). According to Blank, the core problem of reviews is credibility. Concerns about credibility organize the formulation of reviews and audiences. The connoisseurial-procedural distinction describes the production of credibility and its assessment under different types of rating systems.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796362503321

Autore

Khosa Ungulani Ba Ka <1957->

Titolo

Ualalapi : fragments from the end of empire / / Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa ; translated from the Portuguese by Richard Bartlett and Isaura de Oliveira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dartmouth, Massachusetts : , : Tagus Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-933227-74-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 87 pages )

Collana

Adamastor series

Disciplina

869.3/42

Soggetti

Imperialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia