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The main points of this article are to explain what the “Bandwagon Effect” is. This article says that the Bandwagon Effect is “an observed social behaviour in which people tend to go along with what others do or think without considering their actions.” The article talks about how the Bandwagon Effect starts, why people do it, the psychology behind the effect, and the results from it.
Wisegeek.com is a very useful source because it has so much different information about the Bandwagon Effect. The article goes into detail about the topic instead of only defining it, like some of the other sources did. This website is reliable because the author, S.E. Smith has a liberal arts degree from Goddard College. This source is objective because the author is looking at the topic from both perspectives, harmful or not. She is just stating the facts about where the term “bandwagon effect” originated and some definitions. The goal of this source is to give people clear answers to common questions they may have.
I was very pleased when this article was found because I knew what the thesis for the Dr. Seuss essay would be, but I did not know that there was an actual term for it. It was great when we found it because it was exactly what we were looking for and talking about. The term “bandwagon effect” can now be used in the essay instead of writing the definition every time. This article has not changed how I think about the topic because the topic was thought of first, and the name for it was found after, on this website.
(Source: S.E. Smith, What is a Bandwagon Effect, January 19, 2009 http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bandwagon-effect.htm )