DSI Faculty Member, Matthew Bui, Co-Authors “Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings”

DSI Faculty Member, Matthew Bui, recently co-wrote The Conversation article titled: “Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings” with PhD Student Cameron Moy from the University of Pennsylvania. The article details the results of their study, which analyzed data from over 250,000 Yelp reviews of Black- and non-Black-owned restaurants in Detroit and Los Angeles. 

Bui and Moy write, “Generally, our study provides additional evidence that digital interventions are not ‘one-size-fits-all,’ nor is digital visibility inherently positive for all businesses.”

Read the full article here.