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Date: October 8, 2007

Subject: Study Finds That Negativity Is Contagious

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The Introduction:

It is normal, realistic and sensible for consumers and friends to know something about a product or service before they spend there precious dollars and buy or acquire that service. Some of us will even go further and look-out for the reviews of products from friends and not necessarily from those large established review firms. Family and friends opinions will sometimes matter more than those formal corporation reviews. Hence, quoted below is an aspect of this issue that will have some essential information for us:

Quote: Study Finds That Negativity Is Contagious

…Though we may not care to admit it, what other people think about something can affect what we think about it. This is how critics become influential and why our parents opinions about our life choices continue to matter, long after we've moved out. But what kind of opinions have the most effect? An important new study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that negative opinions cause the greatest attitude shifts, not just from good to bad, but also from bad to worse.

Consumer attitudes toward products and services are frequently influenced by others around them. Social networks, such as those found on Myspace and Facebook suggest that these influences will continue to be significant drivers of individual consumer attitudes as society becomes more inter-connected, explain Adam Duhachek, Shuoyang Zhang, and Shanker Krishnan (all of Indiana University). Our research seeks to understand the conditions where group influence is strongest….

END of Quote: Read the details at:  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/84715.php

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Other Interesting Quoted Topics and Links for Access:

(Some Useful and Relevant Resources) 

Diana inquest opens, 10 years after her death

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20071002112225391C830188

A Review of the UCI's Policies on Illegal Performance Enhancing Drugs

http://www.mtbr.com/files/data/639.html

Virtual Job Fairs Offer Second Lifers Real World Jobs

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/59282.html

Online consumers turn to user reviews

http://www.bizreport.com/2007/10/online_consumers_turn_to_user_reviews.html

Judge allows class action against Target Web site

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071003/ts_nm/target_blind_dc

Postal Inspectors Initiate Global Fraud Crackdown, Seize Billions in Fake Checks

National alliance, consumer education campaign launched to combat scams

http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2007/pr07_072.htm

Study: Minority mortgages skew toward 'high cost' loans

http://www.suntimes.com/business/589628,CST-FIN-mort05.article

Stem-Cell Researchers Win Nobel Prize for Medicine

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=ak5ID1dgGnh4

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We are receiving information this week that the Nobel Prize for Medicine has gone to Researchers in the Stem Cell field. In America, we know how controversial this issue is. It even figured prominently in the last House and Senate Elections. The US President in general has publicly said he is against this research procedure when it comes to humans and embryos. Will the Nobel Prize issue motivate and promote the acceptance even further? Maybe, and we may even see some change of minds later… 

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