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Weak connection: Why influencers sometimes fail to influence

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Conventional wisdom holds that targeting the best-connected individuals in a social network is an effective way to nudge a wider group of people to change their behavior. For example, public health officials launching a campaign to improve nutrition might target a community's leaders on the assumption that they wield the most influence. The effectiveness of this approach, however, depends on the structure of the social network, a new Yale study finds.

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