I recall an article on a German study on this topic. It was published in New Media and Society in the last two years. Sorry, that's pretty vague but it may twig someone else's memory. Or you could just do a search through NMS on a e-database. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Athabasca University rbury@athabascau.ca ________________________________ From: Arjan van den Born <avandenborn@bornto.nl> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 11:51:17 AM Subject: [Air-L] information on quality reviews (e.g. trip advisor) Dear all, Perhaps a somewhat change request here, but does anyone know about research done on the impact of internet quality reviews (e.g. the reviews on tripadvisor.com) on the actual purchase and price of products and services on the internet? Thank you very much in advance.. Regards, Arjan van den Born _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/