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Experimental Study of Inequality and Unpredictability in an Artificial Cultural Market
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Hit songs, books, and movies are many times more successful than average, suggesting that “the best” alternatives are qualitatively different from “the rest”; yet experts routinely fail to predict which products will succeed. We investigated this paradox experimentally, by creating an artificial “music market” in which 14,341 participants downloaded previously unknown songs either with or without knowledge of previous participants' choices. Increasing the strength of social influence increased both inequality and unpredictability of success. Success was also only partly determined by quality: The best songs rarely did poorly, and the worst rarely did well, but any other result was possible.
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- Authors
- Salganik, M. J., Dodds, P. S., & Watts, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Salganik, Matthew J.
- Dodds, Peter Sheridan
- Watts, Duncan J.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2006-02-10
- Volume
- 311
- Issue
- 5762
- Pages
- 854-856
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2147453867
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- FWCI
- 116.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- cultural market, social influence, music download, product success, consumer choice
- MeSH terms
- Consumer Behavior, Culture, Forecasting, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Music, Research Design, Social Behavior, Sociology, Internet
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