The Rules of Contagion

(Greg DeLong) #1

  1. Roghanizad M.M. and Bohns V.K., ‘Ask in person: You’re less
    persuasive than you think over email’, Journal of Experimental
    Social Psychology, 2016.

  2. How J.J. and De Leeuw E.D., ‘A comparison of nonresponse in
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  3. Swire B. et al., ‘The role of familiarity in correcting inaccurate
    information’, Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning
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  4. Quotes from author interview with Briony Swire-Thompson, July
    2018.

  5. Broockman D. and Kalla J., ‘Durably reducing transphobia: A
    field experiment on door-to-door canvassing’, Science, 2016.
    4. Something in the air

  6. Background and quotes from author interview with Gary Slutkin,
    April 2018.

  7. Statistics from: Bentle K. et al., ‘39,000 homicides: Retracing 60
    years of murder in Chicago’, Chicago Tribune, 9 January 2018;
    Illinois State Fact Sheet. National Injury and Violence Prevention
    Resource Center, 2015.

  8. Slutkin G., ‘Treatment of violence as an epidemic disease’, In:
    Fine P. et al. John Snow’s legacy: epidemiology without borders.
    The Lancet, 2013.

  9. Background on John Snow’s work on cholera from: Snow J., On
    the mode of communication of cholera. (London, 1855);
    Tulodziecki D., ‘A case study in explanatory power: John Snow’s
    conclusions about the pathology and transmission of cholera’,

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