Abstract
Online reviews, especially additional reviews, have become an important channel for consumers to obtain information about product quality. Based on review data obtained from “AutoHome”, which is a most popular car review platform in China, this study explores the influence of additional review function on the initial reviews from both the reader and reviewer levels. At the reader-level, the introduction of the additional review function improves readers’ perceived usefulness of the reviews. At the reviewer-level, it can drive reviewers to write more initial reviews. In general, the introduction of such a function can be regarded as an improvement of the existing review mechanism. The findings of this study can not only enrich the research on online word-of-mouth, but also provide valuable reference for related practitioners.
Recommended Citation
Fan, Xiao; Sun, Ao; and Liu, XuDong, "The value of additional reviews in reputation systems: Evidence from a car review platform" (2022). ICEB 2022 Proceedings (Bangkok, Thailand). 51.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/iceb2022/51