Rumor in the early Chinese empires:

"The academic study of rumor as a phenomenon began in the early 20th century among psychologists, notably Louis William Stern in Hamburg, who conducted experiments on how the content of information was altered in the process of passing between individuals. However, it became a topic for histori...

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1. Verfasser: Lü, Zongli 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kek Koon, Wee (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:The Cambridge China library
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Zusammenfassung:"The academic study of rumor as a phenomenon began in the early 20th century among psychologists, notably Louis William Stern in Hamburg, who conducted experiments on how the content of information was altered in the process of passing between individuals. However, it became a topic for historical study only as attention shifted towards examining the conduct of "crowds," the "masses," or the emergence of public opinion. The most important studies of rumor thus appeared in France, where the "crowd" had become a central topic in sociology in the late nineteenth century. Here the study of rumors focused on their contents and significance, specifically on how rumors revealed the fears, hopes, resentments, and other passions of the lower strata who did not otherwise figure in the historical record, notably peasants and urban workers"--
Beschreibung:"Translated from the Chinese
Beschreibung:xvi, 371 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781108479264
110847926X
9781108749534
1108749534

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