Comments on: THE INFLUENTIALS

By: Teri

Teri — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Sounds like another word for influential is "awake."

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Look MA, I'm Influential!

Actually I put a fair amount of stock in this... Mostly because the other 90% are the sheep. And we have a whole bunch of them.

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I try to do everything you do, James.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Looks like I fit too.

Well, I do have a lot of influence over my wife's vote. I had a lot to do with my late mother's political evolution too.

Two down, seven more to go.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I guess influence is all relative...

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Wow, these people have rediscovered the two-step flow of information. I'm stunned. Call the "influentials" the "elite" and the rest the "masses" and it's something social scientists have known for, what, 30+ years?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Chris: Pretty much. But this is polling data, so now we know it's true. ;)

By: J.P. Carter

J.P. Carter — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James,

I would guess that one reason you underestimate your influence is because you are a blogger. When you are surrounded by other "influentials" (as most bloggers are) it is easy to forget that you are part of a small, select group group compared to the rest of the population.

The fact that, day in and day out, you put your thoughts out for everyone to read shows that you have the attitude of an "influential." And as Sean from "The American Mind" pointed out, you are quite a sucess as well.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James' Inferiority Complex James Joyner doesn't think he's an "Influential." Now, since I'm a super-duper Influential according to the checklist, one would think

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Laypeople discover the two-step flow of political information
James Joyner discovered that he’s an “influential” according to the authors of a new book entitled—you guessed it—The Influentials. Never mind that any first-year grad...

By: One Fine Jay

One Fine Jay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Doc can move mountains!
Ladies, Professor James Joyner is still eligible you know. Influential too. His hand may not be rocking cradles yet, but I bet he'll be ruling the world soon enough.

I'll update with my own influentiality (ergo, eligibility, for any power-hung...

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