Détails bibliographiques
| Auteur principal : |
Difonzo Nicholas
(Auteur) |
| Format : |
Livre |
| Langue : |
anglais |
| Titre complet : |
The watercooler effect : a psychologist explores the extraordinary power of rumors / Nicholas DiFonzo |
| Publié : |
New York :
Avery
, cop. 2008
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| Description matérielle : |
1 vol. (291 p.) |
| Contenu : |
To rumor is human. Swimming in rumors : the prevalence and power of hearsay. It's clear that it's unclear : how rumors help us make sense of an uncertain world. A family resemblance : gossip and urban legend, rumor's close cousins. It's a small world around the watercooler : how, why, and where of rumor spread. Believe it, or not : why we believe some rumors and not others. Facts are stubborn things : taking stock of the word on the street. Managing the rumor mill. Epilogue: Doing rumor well |
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