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Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks

Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks

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Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks

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Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks

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United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2014-03, Vol.9 (3), p.e90315-e90315

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

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 conte...

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Detecting emotional contagion in massive social networks

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1506819663

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1506819663

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0090315

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