The supposed importance of influentials derives from a plausible-sounding but largely untested theory called the "two-step flow of communication": Information flows from the media to the influentials and from them to everyone else.
所谓影响者的重要性源自一种听起来合理但大多未经验证的理论，称为"传播的两步流程"：信息从媒体流向影响者，再由他们流向其他人。
Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed – but only a few of the men – gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.
社会学家凯瑟琳·科勒·里斯曼在其新书《离婚谈话》中报告称，她采访的大多数女性——但只有少数男性——都将缺乏沟通列为离婚的原因。
Instead, they focused on communication: “He doesn’t listen to me.
相反，他们专注于沟通：他不听我的。
women attach much importance to communication between couples
女性非常重视夫妻之间的沟通
An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits - as well as negative ones - spread through networks of friends via social communication.
一项新兴的研究表明，积极的健康习惯——以及消极的习惯——都会通过朋友之间的社交沟通在社交网络中传播。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。