{"id":345,"date":"2023-11-16T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/bpscoretextbooks\/?post_type=content&p=345"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:47:15","slug":"chapter-9-persuasion-and-compliance-in-cyberspace","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/routledgelearning.com\/bpscoretextbooks\/9780367552299\/chapter-9-persuasion-and-compliance-in-cyberspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 9 – Persuasion and Compliance in Cyberspace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chapter 9 – Persuasion and Compliance in Cyberspace<\/h1>\n\n\n

This chapter sets out to explain the concepts of compliance and conformity and will give examples of how social influence operates in the online environment. It will present how the models of persuasive communication are being used online. One example of how the principles of persuasion are being used through technology is in a field called c aptology. Examples of applications of social influence in advertising healthy habits and online trends will be described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Is Social Influence?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n