Paper:
"Experimental study of inequality and unpredictability in an artificial cultural market."
Matthew J. Salganik, Peter S. Dodds, and Duncan J. Watts.
Science, 311:854-856, 2006.
Supporting on-line materials
AAAS press release
Selected press (full press coverage):
- New York Times
- New York Times Magazine
- Harvard Business Review
- The Economist (UK)
- BBC (UK)
- Süddeutschen Zeitung (Germany)
- Pravda (Russia)
Team:
The musiclab project was done by Matt Salganik, Peter Dodds, and Duncan Watts. We had important help from Peter Hausel who developed the website, Jason Booher-Jennings who assisted with design work, and Alison Binkowski who maintained the website. This project fits into the broader context of the research done by the Collective Dynamics Group which is lead by Prof. Watts.
Thanks:
We would like thank Aaron Cohen, Brynn Thomas, and Daniel Arnold from Bolt Media for their help recruiting subjects. We would also like thank the National Science Foundation, the McDonnell Foundation, and Legg Mason Funds for supporting this research. Finally, a big thanks to all the bands for letting us use their music. Please go to musiclab and check out their stuff.