Not all #complaints are equally contagious: an Instagram experiment.

IF 1.9 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of General Psychology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-27 DOI:10.1080/00221309.2023.2182268

Cleoputri Yusainy, Ika Fitria, Thoyyibatus Sarirah, Wahyu Wicaksono, Adjie Santosoputro

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Abstract

Instagram has been perceived as the least appropriate platform to express negativity online, yet the number of posts tagged under #complain, #complaint, #complaints, and #complaining are increasing. We conducted a controlled web-based experiment to examine the extent to which exposure to other's quotes of complaints contributed to increased similarity in emotions for the audience (i.e., digital emotion contagion). Participants (n = 591 Instagram users in Indonesia; 82.23% females; Mage = 28.06, SD = 6.39) were randomly assigned to exposure of complaint quotes containing seven basic emotions. We found that exposure to three of the five complaint quotes (i.e., anger, disgust, and sadness) induced similar emotions in the participants while the two other complaint quotes (i.e., fear and anxiety) induced overlapping emotions, but a non-complaint quote (i.e., desire and satisfaction) induced alternative emotions. Taken together, digital emotion contagion was likely produced by exposure to complaint quotes, while exposure to non-complaint quotes induced different, possibly complementary-like, emotions. Although these findings should be considered as a snapshot of the complex emotional dynamics online, it highlights that exposure to simple Instagram quotes has the potential to go beyond mere contagion.

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并非所有的 #complaints 都具有同样的传染性：Instagram 实验。

Instagram 一直被认为是最不适合在网上表达消极情绪的平台，然而以 #抱怨、#投诉、#投诉和 #抱怨为标签的帖子数量却在不断增加。我们进行了一项基于网络的对照实验，以研究接触他人的抱怨言论会在多大程度上增加受众情绪的相似性（即数字情绪传染）。参与者（n = 591 位印度尼西亚的 Instagram 用户；82.23% 为女性；Mage = 28.06，SD = 6.39）被随机分配到包含七种基本情绪的抱怨语录曝光中。我们发现，接触五条抱怨语录中的三条（即愤怒、厌恶和悲伤）会诱发参与者的相似情绪，而另外两条抱怨语录（即恐惧和焦虑）会诱发重叠情绪，但非抱怨语录（即渴望和满意）会诱发替代情绪。综上所述，数字情绪传染可能是通过接触投诉语录产生的，而接触非投诉语录则会诱发不同的、可能是互补的情绪。虽然这些发现应被视为复杂的网络情感动态的一个缩影，但它强调了接触简单的 Instagram 语录有可能超越单纯的传染。

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Journal of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of General Psychology publishes human and animal research reflecting various methodological approaches in all areas of experimental psychology. It covers traditional topics such as physiological and comparative psychology, sensation, perception, learning, and motivation, as well as more diverse topics such as cognition, memory, language, aging, and substance abuse, or mathematical, statistical, methodological, and other theoretical investigations. The journal especially features studies that establish functional relationships, involve a series of integrated experiments, or contribute to the development of new theoretical insights or practical applications.