Various hot topic areas in society and how emotional contagion influences the discourse on them
It is best not to get overly emotional about various topics in the news and then make decisions or take positions based just on your immediate emotions. Emotions don’t think. But on the other hand it is natural to become very emotional about some topics in the news. For example, most of us naturally become […]
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The media reports an upsurge of attacks on Asian-Americans recently. There were eight Asian people killed in Georgia in the U.S. in March. A report in mid-Feb. in USA Today[1] says that they arrested a suspect in connection with a brutal attack of a 91-year-old man in Chinatown that was caught on camera. In less
Guns, with their triggers, which are easy to pull, thereby unloading a lethal bullet, seem to be a way that a few people discharge their strong pent-up emotions very quickly. I have, thankfully, never heard a gun being shot. It must be horrible to hear it, see it, and feel that fear of the gunshot,
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WaPo says that there is a growing strain of newbie Washington lawmakers in early 2021 who view legislating as a less important task than communications, largely ignoring the more traditional local media outlets where policy might be stated and debated. One lawmaker, first elected in November, recently told lawmakers that he “built my staff around
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There is no doubt that demoralization and cynicism have been strong in American society in the last number of decades. It spreads on its own between people, being contagious, spreading regardless of whether there is an independent reason for it to do so or not. Its power makes it contagious, as it feels attractive to
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We don’t have to worry about negative emotional contagion with Biden as president. He will just emit positive emotional contagion, as he gives off positive emotions of caring, love and empathy that will spread to others people. There will be those, however, in the public, in the emotional atmosphere of the last few years, who
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/12/us/stop-the-steal-protest-washington-dc-trnd/index.html Four people were stabbed during post-election protests in Washington, D.C. Saturday night. There were 11 simple assaults, 10 assaults on a police officer, one assault with a deadly weapon. Antifa, Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter groups were apparently involved. This is according to some media reports. Protests like this involving violence naturally involve emotions. You can’t have violence
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The orange-headed president is now just a side show. But the media still treats him like the main show, maybe because he is still the president. He knows that this threats, taunts and bluster all cross the line of decency and respect. He doesn’t have any appreciation of boundaries between people. He also knows that