Eksperimentalna provjera uticaja manipulacije informacijom na političke odabire: bandwagon efekat u političkom konformizmu
Experimental Verification of the Influence of Information Manipulation on Political Choices: The Bandwagon Effect in Political Conformity
Author(s): Dijana SulejmanovićSubject(s): Political behavior, Politics and communication, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka - Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: political conformity; voting behavior; voter; manipulation; informational influence; Bandwagon effect;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this experiment was to test the public opinion in a situation of information manipulation. In a geographically determined area, to the participants in experimental group it is told that online research about pre-elections results’ have showed a confirming of the current major of their city/town. The control group had no information about prediction of elections at all. The result of manipulation with information about pre-elections results’ clearly showed that a social influence may be a crucial in the choosing process and that a one is led by the majority in everyday choices, including voting behaviors as well as Bandwagon effect could have a strong influence on the political conformity.
Journal: Sarajevski žurnal za društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: X/2021
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 7-23
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Bosnian