Bandi, Monika; Hämmerli, Sarah Julia (2018). Reviewing TripAdvisor and Co.: a quality analysis of hotel review sites. Anatolia, 29(4), pp. 518-528. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/13032917.2018.1451350
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)As an information source, hotel review websites are growing in importance for both guests and service providers. The greater reliance on this type of user-generated content indicates an increasing need for knowledge regarding its quality. In the present study, a comprehensive theory-based evaluation framework to assess the quality of hotel review websites as the channel through which this content is generated was conceptualized and applied to 10 relevant portals. The quality assessment was performed based on the concept of information adoption, which was operationalized with reference to an established theoretical model. The comparative quality analysis reveals that the greatest differences between the sites are in source credibility and argument quality, while the core competence of these sites is the provision of efficient decision-making aids.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics > Economic Policy and Regional Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics > Institute of Economics > Public Economics 11 Centers of Competence > Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Bandi, Monika, Hämmerli, Sarah Julia |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
2156-6909 |
Publisher: |
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Melanie Moser |
Date Deposited: |
28 Mar 2019 14:02 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:17 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/13032917.2018.1451350 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/119777 |
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