Klaus Weidenbach

Pnas: Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks (Adam D. I. Kramer)


We show, via a massive (N = 689,003) experiment on Facebook, that emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. We provide experimental evidence that emotional contagion occurs without direct interaction between people (exposure to a friend expressing an emotion is sufficient), and in the complete absence of nonverbal cues.
So facebook's pre-filtering - where you have no influence to or even can't see it - can have a massive influence on your emotional state. o_O

Let's say there is an election coming up and a government brings Facebook to manipulate the people to be in a good willing emotional state before the election. :dazed
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