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- Working on Content Sharing Survey Results
My survey on web content sharing collected around 450 responses and now I’m working on the task of decoding the type-in answers and calculating the results.
I asked the question on twitter, but I’d also like to ask it here, what formats would everyone like to see the results in? I’ve already had suggestions of: spreadsheet […]
- How to Make and Spread Rumors
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In 1940, the British military formed an organization as a part of the Special Operations Executive, or SOE, called the “Underground Propaganda Committee” or UPC whose mission was to create and disseminate rumors as defensive weapons against the expected […]
- Why People Forward Chain Letters
Chris Garrett asked a question on twitter this morning:
Anyone know why people forward chain letters?
And since I’ve been doing some research on exactly that question recently, I thought I’d write a post detailing some of what I’ve found.
Probably the most important point is the idea that email chain letters are “virtual urban legends” and as […]
- Survey on Web Content Sharing and Online Meme Transmission
I’ve had this idea rolling around in my head for a little while now, and I just got around to doing it.
I’m conducting a survey on what types of content people share online, where and how they share it, who they share it with, and the all important question, why they share it.
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- Informational Cascades Prove Tipping Points Exist
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Mediapost reported recently on the results of a survey done by research firm Pollara, and Marshall Kirkpatrick over at ReadWriteWeb commented on it in a post titled “There is No Tipping Point”.
A number of thinkers… and now the Pollara study have been arguing that large numbers of people do not make decisions based […]
