A theoretical framework to identify authentic online reviews

Online Information Review

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 634-649

  Banerjee, Snehasish ^a   Chua, Alton Y K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Comprehensibility; Informativeness; Online reviews; Theoretical framework; User generated content; Writing style

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMPREHENSIBILITY; INFORMATIVE NESS; ONLINE REVIEWS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; WRITING STYLE;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

EID: 84927512682     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/OIR-02-2014-0047     Document Type: Article

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