The Science of Persuasion

2001/02/01 by Robert B. Cialdini · 535 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Communication and COVID-19 Impact #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Persuasion #Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0201-76

published in Scientific American 284(2), 76-81 (Springer Nature)

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