| dc.contributor.author | Krumme, Katherine Ann | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cebrian, Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pickard, Galen E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pentland, Alex Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-23T14:32:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-07-23T14:32:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-07 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71747 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We revisit experimental data from an online cultural market in which 14,000 users interact to download songs, and develop a simple model that can explain seemingly complex outcomes. Our results suggest that individual behavior is characterized by a two-step process–the decision to sample and the decision to download a song. Contrary to conventional wisdom, social influence is material to the first step only. The model also identifies the role of placement in mediating social signals, and suggests that in this market with anonymous feedback cues, social influence serves an informational rather than normative role. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Dept. of the Air Force (Contract FA8721-05-C-0002) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033785 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ | en_US |
| dc.source | PLoS | en_US |
| dc.title | Quantifying Social Influence in an Online Cultural Market | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Krumme, Coco et al. “Quantifying Social Influence in an Online Cultural Market.” Ed. Juan A. Añel. PLoS ONE 7.5 (2012): e33785. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Pentland, Alex Paul | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Krumme, Katherine Ann | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Cebrian, Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Pickard, Galen E. | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Pentland, Alex Paul | |
| dc.relation.journal | PLoS ONE | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Krumme, Coco; Cebrian, Manuel; Pickard, Galen; Pentland, Sandy | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-9983 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
