Prestige Does Not Affect the Cultural Transmission of Novel Controversial Arguments in an Online Transmission Chain Experiment
Cultural evolutionary theories define prestige as social rank that is freely conferred on individuals possessing superior knowledge or skill, in order to gain opportunities to learn from such individuals. Consequently, information provided by prestigious individuals should be more memorable, and hen...
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 238-261 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZB Sociology ZD Psychology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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Social status
B transmission biases B Cultural Evolution B prestige bias B transmission chain B Social Psychology |
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