bandwagon effect

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14:55 Jun 25, 2010
English to Serbian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
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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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4Efekat trenda
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Efekat trenda


Definition from Doiserbia:
Želja za saobraženjem ili konformizam (the effort after equalisation). Ovaj faktor je Leibenstein (1950) nazvao “efekat trenda“ (bandwagon effect).

Example sentence(s):
  • Želja za saobraženjem ili konformizam (the effort after equalisation). Ovaj faktor je Leibenstein (1950) nazvao “efekat trenda“ (bandwagon effect). - Doiserbia  
  • 3) Za racionalnog glasača je bitno da li stranka za koju je on procenio da će mu doneti najviše koristi ima šanse da pobedi. Glasaće za stranku samo ukoliko po njegovoj proceni ona ima šanse na izborima. Ukoliko nema racionalni glasač će glasati za stranku koja ima više šansi za pobedu, a koja će mu u izvesnoj meri doneti korist (bandwagon effect). - google  
  • mada ima i motivacionu komponentu - racuna da proizvede tzv. bandwagon efekat, efekat prikljucenja (rezolutno najavljenom) pobedniku. - google  

Explanation:
U zavisnosti od konteksta upotrebite prevod koji najvise odgovara. Bandvagon-efekat je ustvari psiholoski mehanizam povinovanja uticaju mase, tj. vecine.
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