Quantitative approaches for evaluating the influence of films using the IMDb database

Canet, Fernando ^[1] ; Codina, Lluís ^[2] ; Valero, Miguel Ángel ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  
  Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
  
  Valencia, España
2. [2] Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  
  Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  
  Barcelona, España
Localización: Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society, ISSN-e 2386-7876, ISSN 0214-0039, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 151-172
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Why do films certain remain influential throughout film history? The purpose of this paper is to attempt to answer this question. To do so, we adopt some quantitative approaches that facilitate an objective interpretation of the data. The data source we have chosen for this study is the Internet Online Movie Database (IMDb), and in particular, one of its sections called "Connections", which lists references made to a film in subsequent movies and references made in the film itself to previous ones. The extraction and analysis of thesenetworks of citations allows us to draw some conclusions about the most influential movies in film history, identifying their distinguishing features, and considering how their popularity has evolved over time.