If you like this post, follow me on Twitter or take my survey about online content sharing. 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 […]
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 viral email chain letters are “virtual […]
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. Click […]
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 on […]