Overview
Your response should be 1 page long (no longer), double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins on all sides. Don't include a title or header (we know the submission is yours so this will just take up space). The assignment will be graded out of 10 points total. It is intended to be enjoyable for you- please show what you know and be creative! No AI or chat gpt.
Prompt:
- The study by Salganik, Dodds, and Watts would seem to have sobering implications for those who would like to predict the success of cultural items- or read too much into cultural items that did or didn't succeed. Summarize the authors' core findings. Then, tell me what you make of them. Is it truly futile to try to create a successful product? Could the Backstreet Boys just as easily have been a flop? Or was there some limitation in the design of the study that should still give us hope that quality in cultural products is rewarded?