In some cases, they have helped shape the response to the epidemic, influencing attitudes, politics, policy and treatment.

A physician's personal smoking habits have been shown to influence his or her attitudes toward the dangers of tobacco.

There is, however, one well-known case of a major state attempting to influence attitudes in another by this means.

Films can be used to influence attitudes, as can video tapes, to an even greater degree.

The war also influenced social attitudes toward women and helped to liberate them from corsets.

Are religious leaders the right people to influence attitudes to climate change?

But the media actually has particularly acute responsibilities here because of its critical role in influencing public attitudes.

Compliance: Attempts to direct behavior of another person, and often, by implication, to influence attitudes or feelings.

In many fields of research, there is an interest in understanding how group dynamics influence individual behavior, attitudes, and opinions.

For example, knowing someone has been convicted of theft might influence one's reactions and attitudes to that person.