Word: cantril
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...radio play itself became a textbook example of mass hysteria: in 1940, Princeton psychologist Hadley Cantril used an analysis of listeners' reactions to posit that social panics occur when large groups can't discern reliable sources of advice from unreliable ones. That said, there's little chance that a media hoax of this magnitude could happen again. We've grown too sophisticated, too cynical to believe that little green men from Mars with big silver spaceships will land in New Jersey, of all places. We're too smart, for example, to be fooled by telephone calls suggesting that John McCain...
Years ago, the Princeton psychologist Hadley Cantril posited that social panics occur when large groups can't discern reliable sources of advice from unreliable ones. The jumbled frenzy of 24/7 information access may be making our current panic worse. It's tempting to check your investments every few minutes. But having more information, in this case, isn't necessarily better. Panic attacks end when you take a deep breath, and a step back...