Do emotion and emotional and social contagion lead to people fighting democracy? We need to recognize the importance of emotional contagion in influencing and dominating the public and political dialogue. If we don’t recognize it, then we can’t control it, influence it or regulate it. We pride ourselves in being rational, but in fact our […]
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There is what appears to be a constant crisis mode in the U.S., a mode which automatically puts emotions front and centre on an ongoing basis. This is usually not recognized because emotions are invisible. But this is continual trauma. The intensity about the ongoing political situation is perpetually climbing in the ongoing political and
It is no secret that these are dark times in America and around the World. There have been many atrocities in recent years that have produced a great deal of fear and dread. Gender-based violence, police brutality, excessive use of force, an influx of too many migrants, over 600 mass shootings occurred in 2023 and
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How would stigma become stigma if it weren’t for emotional and social contagion passing it around from person to person or group to group so that it develops that label? Stigma carries with it some emotion along the lines of harsh judgment and disapproval, almost condemnation of a topic or trend. Someone sees a person
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The string of outbursts of violence on transit systems across Canada and the U.S. reflects youth violence, which the World Health Organization (WHO) calls a global public health problem[1]. It includes a range of stabbings and killings of passengers on busses and subways[2]. The epidemic of mass shootings, although not usually on transit systems, is
Check this link to the BlackTie Magazine post of my book Emotions Don’t Think. It is not a podcast but it is categorized as such in the categories because it is a public display of my book. https://blacktiemagazine.com/recommended_reading/Bruce_Hutchison_Emotions_Dont_Think.htm
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This podcast is my second podcast with Arash Farzaneh of Arash’s World interviewing me about my book Emotions Don’t Think: Emotional Contagion in a Time of Turmoil and the related concepts of emotional contagion in politics and society. This is an audio podcast for now. The first podcast is still available on this blog. We
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Often there are articles in the news, sometimes tragedies, which involve emotions, although there is no mention of emotions in the article. This is because emotions are invisible and the journalists do not report on what they do not see, or do not have proof of. So, people do not often think of how emotions
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