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Zhang, Jinguang; Reid, Scott A. – Human Communication Research, 2013
The public expression of opinions (and related communicative activities) hinges upon the perception of opinion consensus. Current explanations for opinion consensus perceptions typically focus on egocentric and other biases, rather than functional cognitions. Using self-categorization theory we showed that opinion consensus perceptions flow from…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Mass Media Effects, Models, Social Behavior
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Reid, Scott A.; Ng, Sik Hung – Human Communication Research, 2006
Status hierarchies typically emerge when groups of strangers interact. Relatively little work tests explanations for this process in homogenous groups, and the majority has been conducted in intragroup settings. We test an expectation-states explanation in an intergroup context using the multilevel application of the actor-partner interdependence…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Social Environment, Models, Death