Why is a picture 'worth a thousand words'? Pictures as information in perceived helpfulness of online reviews

被引：41

作者：

Wu, Ruijuan ^{[1
]}

Wu, Heng-Hui ^{[2
]}

Wang, Cheng Lu ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Tianjin Univ Technol, Sch Management, Dept Business Management, Tianjin, Peoples R China

[2] Providence Univ, Dept Business Adm, Taichung, Taiwan

[3] Univ New Haven, Dept Mkt, Pompea Coll Business, West Haven, CT 06516 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES | 2021年 / 45卷 / 03期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

hybrid review; perceived review helpfulness; picture as information; review extremity; review quantity; viewing tasks; CONSUMER REVIEWS; MODERATING ROLE; OF-MOUTH; E-WOM; PRODUCT; MESSAGE; INTENTION; DIAGNOSTICITY; SEPARATENESS; PERCEPTIONS;

D O I：

10.1111/ijcs.12627

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The hybrid review format (verbal reviews accompanied by pictures) is increasingly prevalent in online consumer reviews. However, the mechanism behind the superiority effect of hybrid reviews is still unclear. Unlike previous studies based on information processing theory that emphasize the imagery-provoking ability of the verbal information, we contend that imagery in hybrid reviews is the information that adds more diagnostic value to online reviews and thus makes the reviews more helpful. Our experimental studies found that hybrid reviews were perceived as more helpful than word-only reviews, and this effect was explained by the perceived amount of information. Moreover, the superiority effect of hybrid reviews on perceived helpfulness was found to be contingent on the review extremity and viewing tasks. These results confirmed our hypothesis of picture as information, explaining the superiority effect of hybrid reviews and pinpointed the conditions under which such an effect would occur or disappear.

引用

页码：364 / 378

页数：15

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