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Meinungsführer und der "Flow of Communication"
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- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 12
- Entwicklung und Perspektiven der Meinungsführerforschung No access
- Zentrale Prämissen des Meinungsführerkonzepts No access
- Theoretische Grundlagen: Massenmediale und interpersonale Kommunikation No access
- Die Rolle massenmedialer Kommunikation bei der Vermittlung politisch und gesellschaftlich relevanter Informationen No access
- Die Rolle interpersonaler Kommunikation bei der Vermittlung politisch und gesellschaftlich relevanter Informationen No access
- Zur Interdependenz von massenmedialer und interpersonaler Kommunikation No access
- Theoretische Grundlagen: Soziale Netzwerke No access
- Die Erie-Studie: „The People’s Choice. How the Voters Make Up their Mind in a Presidential Campaign“ No access
- Die Rovere-Studie: „Patterns of Influence“ – Typen von Meinungsführern No access
- Die Decatur-Studie: „Personal Influence. The Part Played by People in the Flow of Communication“ No access
- Die Elmira-Studie: „Voting. A Study of Opinion Formation in a Presidential Campaign“ No access
- Massenmediale und interpersonale Kommunikation im Diffusionsprozess No access
- Die Drug-Studien: „Social Relations and Innovation in the Medical Profession“ – „The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians“ No access
- Die Bedeutung des Nachrichtenwerts im Diffusionsprozess: „Diffusion of a Major News Story“ No access
- Weitere Befunde zur Bedeutung des Nachrichtenwerts im Diffusionsprozess No access
- „Two Cycle Flow of Communication“ No access
- Meinungsführer und „Opinion Sharing“ No access
- Meinungsführer und Persönlichkeitsstärke No access
- Meinungsführerschaft im sozialen Kontext No access
- Befragungen von Meinungsführern zur Selbsteinschätzung No access
- Befragung der Peer-Group von Meinungsführern zur Fremdeinschätzung No access
- Kombination von Fremd- und Selbsteinschätzung No access
- Soziometrische Studien/Netzwerkanalysen No access
- Selten genutzte Methoden der Meinungsführerforschung: Beobachtung, Inhaltsanalyse und Experiment No access
- Eigenschaften im Zusammenhang mit Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen und Charakterprädispositionen No access
- Eigenschaften im Zusammenhang mit Wissen, Expertise und Themeninteresse No access
- Eigenschaften im Zusammenhang mit der sozialen Integration und Soziabilität No access
- Eigenschaften im Zusammenhang mit der sozialen Position No access
- Soziodemografische Merkmale No access
- Kommunikationsrollen: Opinion Follower, Opinion Sharer und Inaktive No access
- 'Virtuelle' bzw. publizistische Meinungsführer in traditionellen Massenmedien No access
- Parasoziale Meinungsführer No access
- Opinion Leadership Online: Meinungsführer in Online und Social Media No access
- Fazit und Ausblick: Zur gesellschaftlichen Relevanz des Meinungsführerkonzepts No access Pages 151 - 157
- Die „Top Ten“ der Forschungsliteratur No access Pages 158 - 161
- Literatur No access Pages 162 - 180
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