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bandwagon effect

Romanian translation: efectul regrupării în jurul învingătorului

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English term or phrase:bandwagon effect
Romanian translation:efectul regrupării în jurul învingătorului

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14:54 Jun 25, 2010
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
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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Alejandro Cavalitto
Alejandro Cavalitto
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efectul regrupării în jurul învingătorului
Definition:
tendinta alegatorilor de a sprijini un candidat pentru ca acesta conduce cursa electorala
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Cristina Bolohan
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
efectul regrupării în jurul învingătorului


Definition from own experience or research:
tendinta alegatorilor de a sprijini un candidat pentru ca acesta conduce cursa electorala

Example sentence(s):
  • Efectul de regrupare in jurul invingatorului din sondajele electorale versus efectul sustinerii celui invins in sondaje. Studiu experimental - Facultatea de comunicare  
  • Motivul acestor denunţări este tocmai teama că sondajele ar putea influenţa electoratul, în sensul regrupării în jurul învingătorului, efectul bandwagon. - Camera Deputatilor  
  • efectul regrupãrii în jurul „învingãtorului” pare a fi mai puternic decât efectul regrupãrii în jurul persoanei „învinse” (Chelcea, Jderu - Sociologie romaneasca  
Cristina Bolohan
Romania
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8

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