Video: Understanding the Science and Art of Online User Reviews

Jason Clampet

November 12th, 2015 at 7:30 AM EST

Skift Take

Truly a five star and all-thumbs up performance.

https://youtu.be/ZkBpq8xDhsc Camilla Vasquez, discourse analyst and sociolinguist at the University of South Florida, spoke at the Skift Global Forum about her work researching and analyzing online user reviews. Vasquez, who blogs abo

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