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Building Your Influence in the Newsroom
Module 2 - How Power and Influence Grow

Sources of Power

Power comes in different degrees and forms. You may have some power in the newsroom simply because you possess the title of manager. This is called legitimate power. Because you are viewed as the official authority, the group responds to you. However, this is not the only type of power. Others are listed below. [click on each phrase for a definition]

 

Source: John French and Bertram Raven, The Bases of Social Power (1959, Studies in Social Power)

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