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The effect of social interactions in the primary consumption life cycle of motion pictures

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We develop a 'basic principles' model which accounts for the primary life cycle consumption of films as a social coordination problem in which information transmission is governed by word of mouth. We fit the analytical solution of such a model to aggregated consumption data from the film industry and derive a quantitative estimator of its quality based on the structure of the life cycle.

Source: New Journal of Physics

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/4/052

Authors: César A Hidalgo R, Alejandra Castro, Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert

Institutions: University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, Santa Fe Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Language: English

Topic: Cinema and Media Studies

Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,610

OpenAlex ID: W2008402133

FWCI: 51.19

Cites: 26

Cited by: 19

Related to: 10