S1E1 - Catching Feelings
from Dialogue Dilemmas
Episode Notes: This episode discusses emotional contagion. Yep, not only do you have to worry about catching COVID-19 (or maybe you personally don't), feelings are also contagious - even online! How does this affect conversations about political issues? Listen to this episode and then join the conversation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DialogueDilemmas/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/dialoguedilemma References for this episode: Del Vicario, Michela, Gianna Vivaldo, Alessandro Bessi, Fabiana Zollo, Antonio Scala, Guido Caldarelli, and Walter Quattrociocchi. 2016. “Echo Chambers: Emotional Contagion and Group Polarization on Facebook.” Scientific Reports 6 (1): 37825. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37825. Chico ER. 2020. "After a recent increase in hospitalized Butte County residents...." Facebook, Dec 3, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/ChicoER/posts/10157500068441366. Fan, Rui, Ke Xu, and Jichang Zhao. 2020. "Weak Ties Strengthen Anger Contagion in Social Media." Cornell University. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01924 Ferrara, Emilio, and Zeyao Yang. 2015. “Measuring Emotional Contagion in Social Media.” PLOS ONE 10 (11): e0142390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142390. Music is "Sonic Tooth" from the Clipdad Free Fifty: https://www.clipdad.com/free-fifty This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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