The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes

Abstract Advances in computing power, natural language processing, and digitization of text now make it possible to study a culture’s evolution through its texts using a ‘big data’ lens. Our ability to communicate relies in part upon a shared emotional experience, with stories often following distin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrew J Reagan, Lewis Mitchell, Dilan Kiley, Christopher M Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-11-01
Series:EPJ Data Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjds/s13688-016-0093-1