How Social Status Influences “Affect Language” in Tweets
Journal Title: Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: We studied the “affect language” (emotional content) in over 2000 Tweets of 50 famous celebrities across a one-month period. Method: The 140-character language bursts were analyzed with the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), which provided percentage of language used to represent various emotional states. Results: Lower-status celebrities (i.e., those with fewer followers) used more positive emotion in their Tweets compared to higher-status celebrities, although negative emotional content did not vary by celebrity status. There was no statistically significant difference between sexes on emotional content. Conclusion: Our results suggest that social status may be more important to public use of affect language than sex of the celebrity.
Authors and Affiliations
Sheila Brownlow
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP542719
- DOI 10.17140/PCSOJ-3-130
- Views 155
- Downloads 0
Advancing Science, Clinical Care and Education: Shall we Update Engel’s Biopsychosocial Model to a Bio-Psycho-Socio-Cultural Model?
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences attempts to lead, organize and contribute to the study of mind and intelligence, including memory, emotions, conceptual development and decision-making. It therefore draws on the fields...
Accessibility of Chronic Pain Treatment for Individuals Injured in a Motor Vehicle Accident
Background: Chronic Pain (CP) is a pervasive problem that can drastically lower one’s quality of life. Therefore, it is imperative that CP sufferers receive appropriate intervention. At the Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clini...
Binary and Ternary Analogy by Children: Testing the Role of Insufficiently Developed Working Memory Capacity (WMC) Executive Functions
Background: Ghanaian classroom teachers face consistent challenges asking children to relate classroom interactions with the development of connected thinking in areas such as mathematical proficiency and reading compreh...
How to Develop a Fair and Valid Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System
The purpose of this article is to describe the step-by-step procedure that an academic chairman, dean, or vice president can follow for developing a comprehensive faculty evaluation program that meets the unique and spec...
The Effect of Mobile Telephone Electromagnetic Field on Human Brain Bioelectric Activity and Information Processing Speed
Aim: This study aimed to examine the effect of a mobile telephone electromagnetic field (MPEMF) on human brain bioelectric activity, at the T3 location, and information processing speed. Human brain bioelectric activity...