Time lag and communication in changing unpopular norms.

Humans often coordinate their social lives through norms. When a large majority of people are dissatisfied with an existing norm, it seems obvious that they will change it. Often, however, this does not occur. We investigate how a time lag between individual support of a norm change and the change i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Klarita Gërxhani, Jeroen Bruggeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4399934?pdf=render