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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spelling doaj-bed53bdd3d7f4e3e84fe14fa717054062020-11-24T21:38:21ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0193e9031510.1371/journal.pone.0090315Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.Lorenzo CovielloYunkyu SohnAdam D I KramerCameron MarlowMassimo FranceschettiNicholas A ChristakisJames H FowlerHappiness 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 that rainfall directly influences the emotional content of their status messages, and it also affects the status messages of friends in other cities who are not experiencing rainfall. For every one person affected directly, rainfall alters the emotional expression of about one to two other people, suggesting that online social networks may magnify the intensity of global emotional synchrony.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951248?pdf=render
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author Lorenzo Coviello
Yunkyu Sohn
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Nicholas A Christakis
James H Fowler
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Yunkyu Sohn
Adam D I Kramer
Cameron Marlow
Massimo Franceschetti
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James H Fowler
Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
PLoS ONE
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Yunkyu Sohn
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Massimo Franceschetti
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title Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
title_short Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
title_full Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
title_fullStr Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
title_full_unstemmed Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks.
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description 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 that rainfall directly influences the emotional content of their status messages, and it also affects the status messages of friends in other cities who are not experiencing rainfall. For every one person affected directly, rainfall alters the emotional expression of about one to two other people, suggesting that online social networks may magnify the intensity of global emotional synchrony.
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