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Article: Is neutral really neutral? The effects of neutral user-generated content on product sales
Title | Is neutral really neutral? The effects of neutral user-generated content on product sales |
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Keywords | User-generated content Product sales Indifferent-neutral user-generated content Opportunity-motivation-ability framework Mixed-neutral user-generated content |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Journal of Marketing, 2014, v. 78, n. 4, p. 41-58 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2014, American Marketing Association.This article aims to specify the performance implications of neutral user-generated content (UGC) on product sales by differentiating mixed-neutral UGC, which contains an equal amount of positive and negative claims, from indifferent-neutral UGC, which includes neither positive nor negative claims. The authors propose that positive and negative UGC only provide opportunities for consumers to process product-related information, whereas both mixed- and indifferent-neutral UGC affect consumers' motivation and ability to process positive and negative UGC. The results of three studies using multiple measures (text and numerical UGC), contexts (automobiles, movies, and tablets), and methods (empirical and behavioral experiment) indicate contrasting premium and discount effects such that mixed-neutral UGC amplifies the effects of positive and negative UGC, whereas indifferent-neutral UGC attenuates them. Empirical evidence further indicates that ignoring mixed-or indifferent-neutral UGC leads to substantial under-or overestimates of the effects of positive and negative UGC. The effects of neutral UGC on product sales thus are not truly neutral, and the direction of the bias depends on both the type of UGC and the distribution of positive and negative UGC. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/230972 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 11.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 11.799 |
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dc.contributor.author | Tang, Tanya | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fang, Eric | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Feng | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-01T06:07:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-01T06:07:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Marketing, 2014, v. 78, n. 4, p. 41-58 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-2429 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/230972 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2014, American Marketing Association.This article aims to specify the performance implications of neutral user-generated content (UGC) on product sales by differentiating mixed-neutral UGC, which contains an equal amount of positive and negative claims, from indifferent-neutral UGC, which includes neither positive nor negative claims. The authors propose that positive and negative UGC only provide opportunities for consumers to process product-related information, whereas both mixed- and indifferent-neutral UGC affect consumers' motivation and ability to process positive and negative UGC. The results of three studies using multiple measures (text and numerical UGC), contexts (automobiles, movies, and tablets), and methods (empirical and behavioral experiment) indicate contrasting premium and discount effects such that mixed-neutral UGC amplifies the effects of positive and negative UGC, whereas indifferent-neutral UGC attenuates them. Empirical evidence further indicates that ignoring mixed-or indifferent-neutral UGC leads to substantial under-or overestimates of the effects of positive and negative UGC. The effects of neutral UGC on product sales thus are not truly neutral, and the direction of the bias depends on both the type of UGC and the distribution of positive and negative UGC. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Marketing | - |
dc.subject | User-generated content | - |
dc.subject | Product sales | - |
dc.subject | Indifferent-neutral user-generated content | - |
dc.subject | Opportunity-motivation-ability framework | - |
dc.subject | Mixed-neutral user-generated content | - |
dc.title | Is neutral really neutral? The effects of neutral user-generated content on product sales | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1509/jm.13.0301 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84921361743 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 78 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 41 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 58 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1547-7185 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000340736700004 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-2429 | - |