Prestige Does Not Affect the Cultural Transmission of Novel Controversial Arguments in an Online Transmission Chain Experiment

Cultural evolutionary theories define prestige as social rank that is freely conferred on individuals possessing superior knowledge or skill, in order to gain opportunities to learn from such individuals. Consequently, information provided by prestigious individuals should be more memorable, and hen...

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Authors: Jiménez, Ángel V. (Author) ; Mesoudi, Alex (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 238-261
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Social status
B transmission biases
B Cultural Evolution
B prestige bias
B transmission chain
B Social Psychology
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