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Overview
- Opinion leaders Opinion leader
- Mass media
- Hypodermic needle model or magic bullet theory Hypodermic needle model
- Complex network
- Interpersonal communication
Concept
About
- Sociologist
- Paul Lazarsfeld
- Elihu Katz
- Melvin DeFleur Melvin DeFleur?action=edit&redlink=1
- Sheoron Lowery Sheoron Lowery?action=edit&redlink=1
- Science communication
- Matthew Nisbet
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Center for Science Education
- Opinion leadership
- Mass communication
- Big data
- Mass customization
- Social media
- Celebrities
Published works on the theory
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Elmo Roper
- Bernard Berelson
- Hazel Gaudet
- Thelma Ehrlich Thelma Ehrlich?action=edit&redlink=1
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Two-step flow of communication
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Important terminology
media flow two-step leaders communication opinion theory information mass influence social lazarsfeld people study model research individuals personal based katz
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| newspapers | instance of | The results of the research led to the conclusion that sometimes person to person communication can be more effective than traditional media outlets | 0.80 | text |
| TV | instance of | The results of the research led to the conclusion that sometimes person to person communication can be more effective than traditional media outlets | 0.80 | text |
| radio etc | instance of | The results of the research led to the conclusion that sometimes person to person communication can be more effective than traditional media outlets | 0.80 | text |
| TikTok | instance of | it has a much weaker direct influence compared to the Two-Step Flow Theory.The multi-step flow theory is seen heavily on platforms | 0.80 | text |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | The | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | It | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Paul Lazarsfeld | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Elihu Katz | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Lazarsfeld | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Melvin DeFleur | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Sheoron Lowery | 0.60 | section |
| Two-step flow of communication | related to About | Unlike | 0.60 | section |
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