Politics, sharing and emotion in microblogs

• Main Authors: HOANG, Tuan-Anh, COHEN, William, LIM, Ee Peng, PIERCE, Doug, REDLAWSK, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; Social Influence and Political Communication; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1892; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2891/viewcontent/C71___Politics_Sharing_and_Emotion_in_Microblogs__ASONAM2013_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In political contexts, it is known that people act as "motivated reasoners", i.e., information is evaluated first for emotional affect, and this emotional reaction influences later deliberative reasoning steps. As social media becomes a more and more prevalent way of receiving political in...