The researchers' argument stems from a simple observation about social influence: With the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey - whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media, not interpersonal, influence - even the most influential members of a population simply don't interact with that many others.
研究人员的论点源于对社会影响的一个简单观察：除了像奥普拉·温弗瑞这样少数几位其巨大影响力主要源于媒体而非人际影响的名人外，人群中最有影响力的人实际上并不与太多其他人互动。
Building on this basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to people's ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.
基于这一关于人际影响的基本事实，研究人员通过进行数千次计算机模拟，研究了社会影响的动态过程，并操控了与人们影响他人能力及其容易被影响倾向相关的一些变量。
interpersonal links can be enhanced through the media.
人际联系可以通过媒体得到增强。
But snap decisions in reaction to rapid stimuli aren’t exclusive to the interpersonal realm.
但对快速刺激的即时决策并不局限于人际交往领域。
better interpersonal relations
更好的人际关系
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。