Factors influencing obedience: proximity, prestige and deindividuation

What this note covers

1. Obedience is a response to a direct order
2. Proximity makes authority and consequences immediate
3. Prestige can confer perceived legitimacy
4. Deindividuation can reduce personal accountability
5. The three factors can reinforce or oppose one another
6. Apply and investigate obedience with care
7. Separating obedience factors in one design
8. Applying authority analysis to digital requests

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