The Counteractance Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2204605 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart Carter Dodd |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-284 |
| Publication date | 1957-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/222219 |
| OpenAlex | W2014818500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The proposed model operationally defines "counteractance" in three tenses by formulas specifying: how to identify it in fitting harmonic curves (i.e.,=k/x); how to produce it from preconditions of two measurable and opposed interactions where everyone has equal opportunity to interact; and how to predict in such situations. In four controlled experiments in series of towns an interaction in the form of the diffusion of a message was found with excellent fits to vary inversely with powers of four counteracting factors when isolated in turn, namely: the distance between interactors; the time sequence of interacting; the population size of interactors; and increments in stimulation
Biology · Diffusion · Econometrics · Harmonic · Mathematical economics · Physics · Population · Quantum mechanics · Sequence (biology) · Series (stratigraphy) · Sociology · Statistical physics · Computer Science · Demography · Mathematics · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1962 - 1972 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |