STUDY: Emotions Are Contagious Via Facebook, Especially When Positive
Don’t worry, be happy. And according to a study of more than 100 million anonymous U.S. Facebook users and more than 1 billion of their posts -- conducted by Facebook and researchers at the University of California San Diego and Yale University -- your happiness might spread to your Facebook friends.
Don’t worry, be happy. And according to a study of more than 100 million anonymous U.S. Facebook users and more than 1 billion of their posts — conducted by Facebook and researchers at the University of California San Diego and Yale University — your happiness might spread to your Facebook friends.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the study found that emotions expressed in status updates tended to be contagious, but upbeat emotions were more likely to affect friends’ moods than negative emotions were.
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