The evaluative information ecology: On the frequency and diversity of "good" and "bad".
We propose the Evaluative Information Ecology (EvIE) model as a model of the social environment. It makes two assumptions: Positive "good" information is more frequent compared to negative "bad" information and positive information is more similar and less diverse compared to negative information. W...
| Publicado en: | European Review of Social Psychology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 216 - 271 |
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