Talk:Bandwagon effect
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Somebody edited it so there's the word "poop" scattared about the topic. I'll fix it <<
[edit] What about sports bandwagons?
It is the social effect caused by the success of a certain sports team. When a team is experiencing a period of success (most commonly defined as winning), there is a spike in merchandise sales, television ratings, etc. Overall, there is an increase in attention paid to winning teams. The attention, in turn, is translated into an increase of the fan-base of that sports team. Examples: -Merchandise sales in the NFL are always dependant on winning success - especially top 5 teams. -The New York Yankees are probably one of the largest fan bases of any sports team that has ever existed, due to their success. They have won more than 20 World Series and appeared in more than 30.
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were doing a school report on bandwagons and we need help on examples and practical uses of then if any one can help plez let me know
Response: See the research on ulcer treatment, by Prof. Barry Marshall & Dr Robin Warren of Perth Australia, that proved a key cause to be a bacterium (h. pylori) rather than the then prevailing view that ulcers were due to stomach acidity caused by stress. Their discovery earned them the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine - but their research was initially unpopular and took years to gain mass acceptance, as the pharmaceutical industry had large investments in ulcer treatments based on the unproven but generally accepted stress hypothesis, which enjoyed support from a "band-wagon" effect.
Also see the article on "groupthink" - perhaps add "weapons of mass-destruction - Iraq" and "Iraq invasion" to the classic examples of groupthink & the bandwagon effect.
[edit] bad citation?
Does this citation "Reid, Mark J.: The distance to hide the center of the galaxy, Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics Vol. 31, pp. 345 - 372 (1993), available on line at [1] " have anything to do at all with the topic? It apears to be more about the galaxy and does not mention 'bandwagon' once. Rudraksha 03:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Good point, I looked this link over, and has no apperent relation to "Bandwagons" I hae deleted it --Robin63 04:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
