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Additional field(s): Economics, Government / Politics, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | English term or phrase: bandwagon effect | Definition from WordNet :
The phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity.
Example sentence(s): - Schmitt-Beck (1996) went further and hypothesized that media’s publishing of the electoral strengths of parties and candidates, which he documented through content analysis, would contribute to shaping voters’ expectations and stimulate a bandwagon effect. OhioLINK ETDs
- But the experimental data tend to contradict the notion of the bandwagon effect as a rational partisan strategy. Jim Schnabel
- On the other hand, if McCain surges in the polls in the last few days before the election, the bandwagon effect could have voters reconsidering and jumping off the Obama train. Yahoo! News
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| Följa John-effekt | Definition:
Ny demokratis växande popularitet och offentliga framträdanden av partiets portalfigurer, Greven och Betjänten som de kallade sig själva, bidrog till en Följa John-effekt, som visserligen tog partiet in i riksdagen 1991 men efter några år slutade med partiets upplösning. |
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