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AuthorKumar, Rahul
AuthorMukherjee, Shubhadeep
AuthorRana, Nripendra P.
Available date2024-05-15T07:09:22Z
Publication Date2023
Publication NameInformation Systems Frontiers
ResourceScopus
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-023-10401-w
ISSN13873326
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/55027
AbstractOnline reviews play a significant role in shaping consumer purchase decisions. Accordingly, emergence of fake reviews has proliferated as an instrument to manipulate customers' buying preferences. Such manifestation, however, lacks theoretical grounding and remains under researched due to two notable challenges: first, absence of conceptual underpinnings between consumers' writing style and recommendation behavior. Second, little knowledge about the role of product characteristics underlying fake reviews and their influence on nudging product preferences. Through the lens of environmental psychology, this study uses an empirical investigation utilizing natural language processing (NLP) to uncover latent product-specific features underlying customer reviews and their impact on persuading buying preferences. As a major finding, we observe that characteristics underlying fake reviews, as opposed to genuine ones, fail to influence product recommendation or discouragement. Accordingly, we suggest firms permitting fake reviews on their portals to be aware of the limited economic advantages of such practices.
Languageen
PublisherSpringer
SubjectE-commerce
Online reviews
Product discouragement
Product recommendation
Purchase decisions
Review manipulation
Text mining
TitleExploring Latent Characteristics of Fake Reviews and Their Intermediary Role in Persuading Buying Decisions
TypeArticle
dc.accessType Open Access


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