bandwagon effect

French translation: effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige

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English term or phrase:bandwagon effect
French translation:effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige

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14:57 Jun 25, 2010
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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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effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige
Definition:
Les sondages avant une élection tendent à influencer les votes, en d'autres termes ils ont un effet d'entraînement (tout comme la plublicité à la TV:). On pourrait encore parler de ralliement ou tout simplement de boule de neige - tout dépend du contexte.
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4 +2effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige
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4comportement moutonnier
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effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige


Definition from TErmium:
Les sondages avant une élection tendent à influencer les votes, en d'autres termes ils ont un effet d'entraînement (tout comme la plublicité à la TV:). On pourrait encore parler de ralliement ou tout simplement de boule de neige - tout dépend du contexte.

Example sentence(s):
  • Un restaurateur qui asseoie ses clients à la fenêtre, cela crée un effet boule de neige et attire d'autres clients. - moi-même 
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comportement moutonnier


Definition from own experience or research:
le comportement moutonnier d'une catégorie de population incite cette dernière à suivre les orientations de ses pairs

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Explanation:
the translation offered so far "effet d'entraînement ou boule de neige" is correct, too. The "boule de neige" is definitely more casual than "effet d'entrainement"...
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