Rajesh pointed to Jonathan Delacour linking influence and blogs. While reading the six principles of persuasion identified by Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, it struck me that there seems to be an overlap between the principles of persuasion and the characteristics of emergent systems identified by Johnson in Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software.
Persuasion Technology Links
Persuasion Technology Reading
P.S. A link from Related Posts from Waypath for my entry, IRC and Trust lead me to kibbitz on a course taught by Liz Lawley. I would suggest to the Fulbright scholar in the class and others that they might want to include Professor Fogg’s book in their review, and, for an improved learning experience, could even submit one project to Professors Lawley and Fogg.
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