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2%
2% -- share decrease per positive emotion word for social media posts (Twitter and Facebook) (2021)
Each additional positive word decreased the number of social media shares by 2-11%.
- Reported range was 2-11%
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2%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2021
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
PNAS (Rathje et al., University of Cambridge)
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Tier A
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/social-media-posts-are-hostile-towards-political-opponents-ge… ↗
Source Article
Social media posts that are hostile towards political opponents get more shares | BPS
Social media posts that express strong emotions — and particularly negative emotions — tend to spread further.
Now a study in PNAS has identified another factor which seems to have an even greater effect on how often posts are shared. Steve Rathje from the University of Cambridge and colleagues find…
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PNAS (Rathje et al., University of Cambridge)
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Midpoint of 2-11% range; dictionary-based text analysis
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social media posts (Twitter and Facebook): 2% share decrease per positive emotion word. Source: PNAS (Rathje et al., University of Cambridge) (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/positive-word-share-decrease
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