## Abstract According to literature on social influence, a minority source may indirectly influence group members by fostering ambivalent reactions. Two studies were carried out in order to provide empirical support for this theoretical assumption. In Study 1 participants (__n__β=β133), were expose
The role of censorship in minority influence
β Scribed by Russell D Clark III
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
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An experiment employing the Twelve Angry Men paradigm was conducted to determine the role of the rate of majority defection to the minority position and the use of persuasive arguments by the minority on minority inΒ―uence. Subjects were more inΒ―uenced by the minority when it provided persuasive argu
The role of distinctiveness information in majority and minority inΒ―uence was studied. Students read a message containing strong or weak arguments advocated by a minority or majority source. The communicator's minority (majority) status was said to be either distinctive to the target topic or nondis