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Who decides what is read on Goodreads? Uncovering sponsorship and its implications for scholarly research.

Attracted by the promise of a broader and more egalitarian sample of readers than published book reviews provide, researchers are increasingly scraping social reviewing platforms like Goodreads for data about readers' behavior. Yet, treating online book reviews as direct proxies for readers and book...

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Published in:Big Data & Society Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors: Hu, Yuerong, Diesner, Jana, Underwood, Ted, LeBlanc, Zoe, Layne-Worthey, Glen, Downie, John Stephen
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Jul-Sep2025
Subjects:
Social media
Scholarly method
Digital technology
Patronage
Internet publishing
Data analysis
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost