Honourable friends: politicians gain in polls when they speak nicely

Date: 
Tuesday, 12. May 2015
Medium: 
AFP-Agenturmeldung bei The Guardian etc.

"When politicians talk in a friendly way that focuses on helping others their public approval ratings rise, according to a study on US elected representatives. (...) Researchers at the University of Winnipeg, University of Vancouver, University of Waterloo, University of British Columbia and University of Manitoba authored the study, along with colleagues from the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research at the University of Mannheim in Germany."

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