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Article Dans Une Revue Valuation Studies Année : 2014

A ‘Democratization’ of Markets? Online Consumer Reviews in the Restaurant Industry

Kevin Mellet
Thomas Beauvisage
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Jean Samuel Beuscart
Marie Trespeuch
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This article examines the promise of market democratization conveyed by consumer rating and review websites in the restaurant industry. Based on interviews with website administrators and data from the main French platforms, we show that review websites contribute to the democratization of restaurant criticism, which first started in the 1970s, both by including a greater variety of restaurants in the reviews, and by broadening participation, opening restaurant reviewing to all. However, this twofold democratic ambition conflicts with the need to produce fair and helpful recommendations, leading review websites to seek compromises between these two dimensions.
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hal-02947884 , version 1 (24-09-2020)

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Kevin Mellet, Thomas Beauvisage, Jean Samuel Beuscart, Marie Trespeuch. A ‘Democratization’ of Markets? Online Consumer Reviews in the Restaurant Industry. Valuation Studies, 2014, 2 (1), pp.5 - 41. ⟨10.3384/vs.2001-5992.14215⟩. ⟨hal-02947884⟩
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