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Adhering to initial judgment: How power distance belief increases preference consistency

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2022
This paper demonstrates that individuals with high (vs. low) power distance belief (PDB), who tend to support inequality in society, are reluctant to change their initial judgments when receiving preference inconsistent (vs.
Hyejin Lee
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How heterogeneous social influence acts on human decision-making in online social networks

open access: yes, 2023
Social network-based tasks frequently emphasize the influence of direct neighbors on human decision-making. However, there is no objective consensus on whether direct neighbors are influential in all circumstances, or any other type of “neighbors” who ...
Ni, Xuelian   +11 more
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Moral conformity in online interactions: rational justifications increase influence of peer opinions on moral judgments

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2017
Over the last decade, social media has increasingly been used as a platform for political and moral discourse. We investigate whether conformity, specifically concerning moral attitudes, occurs in these virtual environments apart from face-to-face ...
Meagan Kelly   +4 more
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Saving water to save the environment: contrasting the effectiveness of environmental and monetary appeals in a residential water saving intervention

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2017
To convince people to reduce their energy consumption, two types of persuasive appeals often are used by environmental organizations: Monetary appeals (i.e., ‘conserving energy will save you money’) and environmental appeals (i.e., ‘conserving energy ...
Margot S. Tijs   +5 more
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Meta-cognition and resistance to political persuasion: evidence from a three-wave panel study

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2020
We investigate the temporal course of meta-cognition and resistance processes following exposure to counter-attitudinal information in the 2012 Presidential election.
Joseph A. Vitriol   +2 more
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Community-diversified influence maximization in social networks

open access: yes, 2020
To meet the requirement of social influence analytics in various applications, the problem of influence maximization has been studied in recent years. The aim is to find a limited number of nodes (i.e., users) which can activate (i.e.
Li, Jianxin   +6 more
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On vicarious ostracism. Examining the mediators of observers’ reactions towards the target and the sources of ostracism

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2017
Ostracism is a painful experience, to the point that even observing ostracism hurts. We extend research on vicarious ostracism by investigating how observers subsequently behave and whether this is driven by intrapersonal feelings (need satisfaction) and/
Daniele Paolini   +4 more
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Lab to life: impression management effectiveness and behaviors

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2020
Studies assigning impression goals to achieve in the laboratory typically assume their results translate to social success outside. To test this, 156 participants interacted with a confederate, first with no goal (baseline) and then with a goal (post ...
Michael Z. Wang, Judith A. Hall
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The impact of social influence and third partyendorsement on online shopping in Saudi Arabia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
It is well documented that social influence and third party endorsements play a significant role in developing trust in E-Commerce. Previous studies have shown that it is relatively true in many countries and across cultures.
Alshehri, H   +3 more
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The boomerang effect of psychological interventions

open access: yesSocial Influence, 2018
Research has found that teaching people about psychological biases can help counteract biased behavior. On the other hand, due to the innate need for preservation of a positive self-image, it is likely that teaching people about biases they hold, may ...
Aharon Levy, Yossi Maaravi
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