http://conferences.aoir.org/papers.php?first_letter=U&cf=5

The goal of this study was to examine why people write reports for online consumer communities (e.g. epinions, reviewcentre, mouthshut,...). ["If you have written at least one review, you are invited to participate in the survey."] The original Link was http://www.scw.vu.nl/sonja/.www/onlineforum/e/eintro.html , but the server was shut down and the study files are lost. Due to small sample size (25) the results from the study were never published. The updated study link leads to a paper on a similar study by the author.

Web Survey

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Sonja Utz

August 16th 2005 - October 16th 2005