Lorenzo Coviello|Yunkyu Sohn|Adam D. I. Kramer|Cameron Marlow|Massimo Franceschetti|Nicholas A. Christakis|James H. Fowler
Detecting Emotional Contagion in Massive Social Networks
University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|Meta (United States)|Meta (United States)|University of California, San Diego|Yale University|University of California San Diego Medical Center|University of California, San Diego
happiness emotions spread people direct contact unclear whether massive online social networks also contribute spread elaborate novel method measuring contagion emotional expression data millions facebook users show rainfall directly influences emotional content status messages also affects status messages friends cities experiencing rainfall every one person affected directly rainfall alters emotional expression one two people suggesting online social networks may magnify intensity global emotional synchrony