Collective Emotions Online and Their Influence on Community Life
PLoS ONEPublished 27 July 2011Open access
Anna Chmiel, Julian Sienkiewicz, Mike Thelwall, George Paltoglou, Kevan Buckley, Arvid Kappas
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The results prove that collective emotional states can be created and modulated via Internet communication and that emotional expressiveness is the fuel that sustains some e-communities.
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Overall, our results prove that collective emotional states can be created and modulated via Internet communication and that emotional expressiveness is the fuel that sustains some e-communities.
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