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Social power | describes the capacity to alter the actions of others. |
legitimate power | Power that is granted by virtue or a social agreement, such as the authority we give to police |
Social identity theory | argue(s) that each of us has several "selves that relate to groups." |
referent | power that someone has due to the qualities of that person and the desire to copy his/her behaviors |
conform | why consumers do THIS is because of cultural pressures, fear of deviance, commitment |
Anti-brand communities | a new kind of avoidance group against products or companies that has grown in popularity through the Web |
Opinion leaders | THESE people are frequently able to influence others' attitudes or behavior |
Aspirational group | type of reference group if someone wants to be "just like Mike" (basketball star Michael Jordan) |
Avoidance groups | If a person is unclean and unkempt they would be a part of THIS group for most people |
committed | According to the principle of least interest, the person who is least THIS has the most power in the relationship. |
Expert power | derives from the knowledge that a consumer possesses about a content area |
surrogate consumer | a marketing intermediary retained by a consumer to guide what that consumer buys |
sociometric | these methods trace communication patterns among members of a group |
norms | Within groups, informal rules of behavior |
Fear of deviance | occurs when an individual may have reason to believe that the group will apply sanctions to punish nonconforming behavior |
Social loafing | happens when we do not devote as much time and effort to a task as we could because our contribution is part of a larger group effect |
market maven | stays on top of what was happening in the marketplace, but isn't necessarily the first to purchase items when they first came out |
word-of-mouth communication | telling someone about a great new store for instance |
generalized | opinion leaders, whose recommendations people see for ALL purchases. |
impression | refers to a view or exposure to an advertising message |
homophily | Someone who has the same college degree, belongs to the same social class, and attends the same church would have THIS |
Opinion seekers | are generally more involved in a product category and actively search for information. |
Viral marketing | refers to the strategy of getting visitors to a Web site to forward information on the site of their friends in order to make more consumers aware of a product |
blogs | A type of virtual community of consumption based on sharing online journals |
social network | A set of socially relevant nodes connected by one or more relations |