opinion leader
noun[C]
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apersonwhoseopinionsabout something such as aproductorissuehave abiginfluenceon theopinionsofothers:
Computerrepairtechniciansare oftenopinionleaders.
Examplesofopinion leader
opinion leader
He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be anopinionleaderwithin the country's progressive sectors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Authored by experts in their fields, every issue is reviewed and edited by an internationally recognizedopinionleader.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Typically theopinionleaderis held in high esteem by those who accept his or her opinions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Express is a prime example of a local newspaper becoming theopinionleaderof its region and assuming at times a national role.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The strategy intends to initiate the individual from information recipient to information seeker through reinforcement, and then from information seeker toopinionleaderthrough indoctrination.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An example of a monomorphicopinionleaderin the field of computer technology, might be a neighborhood computer service technician.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This person will then seek advice from theiropinionleader, to provide them with additional cognitions to bring them back into balance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thirdly, theopinionleadertheory states that there is a necessary division of labour about knowledge and that people take advice from their knowledgeable associates.
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Theopinionleadertheory needs a modification to include the relational knowledge levels of others in the network.
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This is unfortunate because one of the original points ofopinionleadertheory was determining the most influential person in decision making.
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