Angry friends, happy crowd: how the emotionally charged content influences online behavior

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    Studies have shown that emotions have ubiquitous influences in the social lives, such as in negotiation, leadership, conflict resolution, and political behaviors. Psychologists Hatfield and Cacioppo came up with the term "emotional contagion" and defined it as "the tendency to automatically mimic and synchronize expressions, vocalizations, postures, and movements with those of another person`s and, consequently, to converge emotionally" (p. Perspective, understanding emotions` contagious influences could help interpret the pattern of collective behaviors under a specific type of emotion. Though scholars were on the same page, admitting that emotions indeed influenced people`s . . .

     

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