The cultural construction of risk understandings through illness narratives
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The dominant illness narrative of restitution within Anglo-Western cultures dominates risk understandings. The cultural values of personal responsibility and control in fighting diseases and returning to normalcy are reflected in restitution stories. Risk understandings contribute to the consumption of health-care interventions exceeding medical guidelines.
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 2008
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Influentials, networks, and public opinion formation
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Computer simulations of interpersonal influence processes are used to study the impact of influentials, a small group of individuals influencing many people, on public opinion formation. Large cascades of influence are driven by a critical mass of easily influenced individuals and not influentials.
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 2007
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Consumer gift systems
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A critical analysis of consumer gifting dyadic model and classical model extension is presented. Features of consumer gift systems are also analyzed.
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 2006
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