The watercooler effect : a psychologist explores the extraordinary power of rumors
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Format : | Livre |
Langue : | anglais |
Titre complet : | The watercooler effect : a psychologist explores the extraordinary power of rumors / Nicholas DiFonzo |
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New York :
Avery
, cop. 2008 |
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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Bibliographie : | Bibliogr. p. 225-280. Index. |
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ISBN : | 978-1-583-33325-9 1-583-33325-8 |