The Legitimacy of Book Critics in the Age of the Internet and Omnivorousness: Expert Critics, Internet Critics and Peer Critics in Flanders and the Netherlands

摘要: The aim of this article is to increase the understanding how cultural consumers - in era increasing Internet usage and more omnivorous taste patterns use rate different types mediators informing themselves on matters. We focus book readers Netherlands Flanders consult critics varying degrees institutionalization (experts, reviewers peers). This research contributes overarching question whether systems value attribution are becoming less hierarchical Western societies. findings suggest that Internet-related information-retrieval practices have a limited effect perceived legitimacy critics. Omnivorous do lead belief expert critics, but only if they concern within one genre specific domain reading. Omnivorousness implies combining several genres topics associated with higher ratings all Therefore, having broader informational needs general repertoires leads inclusion coming from outside traditional literary institutions, but, at same time, does not exclusion