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Emotional Contagion on Facebook
31:53 - 36:54 (05:00)
Researchers conducted an experiment to investigate whether or not emotional contagion occurs on Facebook by manipulating the emotional content that users were exposed to on their newsfeeds. The study found that emotions can be transferred via social media without individuals being aware of it.
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The speaker and Jamie Loftus talk about the inherent sadness of horses and share the story of how they "murdered" a horse.
31:53 - 32:35 (00:41)
Summary
The speaker and Jamie Loftus talk about the inherent sadness of horses and share the story of how they "murdered" a horse.
ChapterEmotional Contagion on Facebook
EpisodePart Two: Mark Zuckerberg: The Worst Person of the 21st Century (So Far)
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Despite Mark Zuckerberg's regret over Facebook's Beacon system and a payment of 9.5 million for a class action suit over it, many who worked with him feel he doesn't really understand privacy.
32:38 - 34:13 (01:35)
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Despite Mark Zuckerberg's regret over Facebook's Beacon system and a payment of 9.5 million for a class action suit over it, many who worked with him feel he doesn't really understand privacy. The Beacon system was opt-out only and Zuckerberg refused to turn it off for many weeks while the PR disaster escalated.
ChapterEmotional Contagion on Facebook
EpisodePart Two: Mark Zuckerberg: The Worst Person of the 21st Century (So Far)
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Researchers have found that emotional states can be transferred through social media, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness, in what is believed to be the first experimental evidence of massive scale contagion via social networks.
34:19 - 36:54 (02:34)
Summary
Researchers have found that emotional states can be transferred through social media, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness, in what is believed to be the first experimental evidence of massive scale contagion via social networks.