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Study highlights how consumer behaviour is influenced by social norms
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A meta-analysis of extant research on social norms, to establish several new empirical generalisations, was recently performed by researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, HEC Montreal, and University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney.
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Mandating vaccination could negatively impact voluntary compliance: Study
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): Citizen opposition to COVID-19 vaccination has emerged worldwide, prompting pushes for mandatory vaccination policies. However, a new study based on evidence from Germany and on a model of the dynamic nature of people's resistance to COVID-19 vaccination sounds
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Punjab imposes fine on violation of COVID-19 related social norms
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 23 (ANI): Punjab Government on Thursday announced new guidelines for the violation of COVID-19 related social norms, according to which a penalty of Rs 10,000 will be imposed for social gatherings of more than permitted strength in the state.
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Log Kya Kahenge: An entertainment portal started by Himanshu Singla breaki
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Sept 07 (ANI/NewsVoir): Log Kya Kahenge (LKK) Media, started by Himanshu Singla with a vision to platform people ticked off with the society's norms and its expectations of how people should live, soon progressed into a plan envisioning the reach to be made the a
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Here's how superstitions spread in society
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): A recent analysis tries to explain how superstitious beliefs can become established practices in a society's and become a part of its social norms.
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Movies influence people reveals study
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 15 (ANI): Recently a Nigerian feature film helped researchers in understanding if media, such as movies had any hand in shifting the social norms or influencing people and found that movies greatly influence people to behave as the actors do.
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Domestic violence widely accepted in most developing countries: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): In a shocking survey, the researchers have found that approximately 36 per cent of people in developing countries find domestic violence justified in certain situations.
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