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The Illusion Of Lie Effect: The Suspicious Fluency Of Round Numbers

Round numbers have been defined as multiples of the powers of the base (e.g., multiples of 10 in the commonly used base 10 number system, see Dehaene and Mehler 1992) or as numbers whose factorial Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Claudiu V. Dimofte, Chris A. Janiszewski
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Who’s Driving This Conversation? Systematic Biases In The Content Of Online Consumer Discussions

Consumers rely on online word of mouth to make consumption decisions partly because they believe the information provided helps them make better-informed decisions. However, participants in online Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Rebecca Hamilton, Ann E. Schlosser, Yu-Jen Chen
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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How Language Signals Persuasion: Concrete And Abstract Language In Product Referrals From Consumers

Nowadays it’s becoming more difficult to detect if a product review or referral is made by another customer (without self-interest in advertising a product), or by someone with a commercial Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Gaby Schellekens, Peeter W.J. Verlegh, Ale Smidts
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Online Among Us. Experiences Of Virtuality In Everyday Life

As argued by Joshua Meyrowitz, in his acclaimed book entitled No sense of place, media change the situational geographies of social life (Meyrowitz 1985). Meyrowitz claims that social roles and Read More »

Date: 2016
Author: Kaarina Nikunen
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Utopia And Torture In The Hollywood War Film

I want to show how an unpleasant element – the torture scene in the Hollywood war film – may be read as a site of Utopia. Viewed in a larger perspective, I claim that Hollywood can envision a Read More »

Date: 2016
Author: Rikke Schubart
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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