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The core problem of reviews is credibility. Concerns about credibility organize the formulation of reviews and audiences. This title offers theories and data that encompass reviews of various types of products - including the arts (theater, books, and music) and consumer products (cars, software, and appliances).
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In the most extensive treatment to date, Grant Blank uses a comparative study of reviews to analyze the social construction of expertise and the role of gatekeepers in our consumer-oriented society. As a result, we learn a great deal about the production and consumption of credibility and social status. This book is a must-read for sociologists of culture, economic sociologists, and anyone interested in understanding the cultural mediation of the market in advanced capitalist societies. I give it "two thumbs up." -- Penny Edgell, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota ... a fascinating interdisciolinary study ... -- Gary Day Time Magazine Education Supplement Much to his credit, Grant Blank shows reviews and ratings to be far more important and relevant than they may seem at first sight... Blank's new book is not just a research monograph on critical rating systems. It also seeks to clarify the ways in which credible information is created and received and how reviews and ratings contribute to the creation and maintenance of status distinctions. American Journal of Sociology Grant Blank skillfully and convincingly situates reviews squarely in the nexus of key sociological concerns about status, choice, economics, and culture. Critics, Ratings, and Society: The Sociology of Reviews takes us inside the review process to reveal the social organization of the public evaluation of goods and experiences and, along the way, illuminates their significance in everyday life and usefulness in social research... This is a must read for economic and cultural sociologists and for anyone struggling to make sense of the bewildering variety of products and experiences confronting consumers on a daily basis. -- Daniel Thomas Cook, University of Illinois, author of The Commodification of Childhood