Increases in Individualistic Words and Phrases in American Books, 1960–2008

Cultural products such as song lyrics, television shows, and books reveal cultural differences, including cultural change over time. Two studies examine changes in the use of individualistic words (Study 1) and phrases (Study 2) in the Google Books Ngram corpus of millions of books in American Engli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Twenge, Jean M., Campbell, W. Keith, Gentile, Brittany
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393731/