General posts on emotional contagion and how it works
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 […]
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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Stop the Spread of Negative Emotional Contagion! Emotions flow through society! Did you ever notice how emotions flow through society from person to person, from group to group, because of the effects of emotional contagion? Emotions have run high in the past few years. They provide the fuel for most controversies that hit the news.
Thinking is necessary to run a democracy, to vote, and for elected officials to make decisions. Somehow, however, emotions have taken over in some western democracies, among the populace and even among the officials. Emotions have seemed to take a leading role in directing the path of proceedings of society, but because emotions don’t think,
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Implicit emotions can become contagious, meaning they can be easily spread and absorbed by others. The others are infected by the emotion they have absorbed, often without realizing it. Some of these people may then tend to spread it further, spreading contagious emotions. We need to stop the spread. These emotions are expressed implicitly but
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This podcast is 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. We need to stop the spread of negative emotional contagion.
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This podcast is from the 2022 Ontario Library Association Conference where my publisher Tina Crossfield and others from Crossfield Publishing talked with me about my book Emotions Don’t Think: Emotional Contagion in a Time of Turmoil.
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This is a podcast of me describing my book Emotions Don’t Think and its related content on emotional contagion in society and politics at the Ottawa Book Expo last September, 2022. The interviewer on this occasion as chosen by the Book Expo folks was Ursula Uranie.
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There appears to be more political violence lately. These days, the U.S. President, Mr. Biden, has conveyed concerns that there will be political violence. The speaker’s husband has been attacked in his home. Conspiracy-influenced poll watchers are wearing tactical gear and staking out ballot drop boxes, for fear of election fraud. Many experts are worried
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