Climb or jump: status-based seeding in user-generated content network


Lanz, Andreas U. ; Goldenberg, Jacob ; Shapira, Daniel ; Stahl, Florian



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022243718824081
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002224371...
Additional URL: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Climb-or-jum...
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2019
The title of a journal, publication series: Journal of Marketing Research : JMR
Volume: 56
Issue number: 3
Page range: 361-378
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA
Publishing house: Sage Publishing
ISSN: 0022-2437 , 1547-7193
Publication language: English
Institution: Business School > Quantitatives Marketing und Konsumentenverhalten (Stahl 2013-)
Subject: 330 Economics
Abstract: This article addresses seeding policies in user-generated content networks by challenging the role of influencers in a setting of unpaid endorsements. On such platforms, the content is generated by individuals and firms interested in self-promotion. The authors use data from a worldwide leading music platform to study unknown music creators who aim to increase exposure of their content by expanding their follower base through directing outbound activities to other users. The authors find that the responsiveness of seeding targets strongly declines with status difference; thus, unknown music creators (the majority) do not generally benefit at all from seeding influencers. Instead, they should gradually build their status by targeting low-status users rather than attempt to “jump” by targeting high-status ones. This research extends the seeding literature by introducing the concept of risk to dissemination dynamics in online communications, showing that unknown music creators do not seed specific status levels but rather choose a portfolio of seeding targets while solving a risk versus return trade-off. The authors discuss various managerial implications for optimal seeding in user-generated content networks.




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