02818nam 2200625 450 991082622950332120230207232022.00-7425-4703-50-7425-7579-9(CKB)2550000001110498(EBL)1343851(OCoLC)855970159(SSID)ssj0000953437(PQKBManifestationID)12460606(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953437(PQKBWorkID)10910625(PQKB)10813698(MiAaPQ)EBC1343851(Au-PeEL)EBL1343851(CaPaEBR)ebr10926677(CaONFJC)MIL510421(EXLCZ)99255000000111049820140908h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCritics, ratings, and society the sociology of reviews /Grant BlankLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2007.©20071 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-4702-7 1-299-79170-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorCritics, 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.Social choiceCriticismSocial aspectsConsumersAttitudesCriticsSocial choice.CriticismSocial aspects.ConsumersAttitudes.Critics.302/.13Blank Grant1722627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826229503321Critics, ratings, and society4123166UNINA