Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.

Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.

Happiness and other emotions spread between people in direct contact, but it is unclear whether massive online social networks also contribute to this spread. Here, we elaborate a novel method for measuring the contagion of emotional expression. With data from millions of Facebook users, we show tha...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Coviello, Yunkyu Sohn, Adam D I Kramer, Cameron Marlow, Massimo Franceschetti, Nicholas A Christakis, James H Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951248?pdf=render

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