Not all emotions are created equal: Expressive behavior of the networked public on China's social media site

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Highlights:

• We combined machine learning-based text analysis with social network analysis.

• An expressive account of rationality was proposed to understand social media use.

• Emotion-based clustering was found in users' interaction network on Weibo.

• Emotional discussions influence people more than cognitive discussions on Weibo.

• Valence alone is not sufficient to explain online emotional influences.

摘要

•We combined machine learning-based text analysis with social network analysis.•An expressive account of rationality was proposed to understand social media use.•Emotion-based clustering was found in users' interaction network on Weibo.•Emotional discussions influence people more than cognitive discussions on Weibo.•Valence alone is not sufficient to explain online emotional influences.

论文关键词:Weibo,Emotional homophily,Social media,Online discussion networks,Connectedness,Responsiveness

论文评审过程:Received 14 December 2015, Revised 18 February 2016, Accepted 21 February 2016, Available online 4 March 2016, Version of Record 4 March 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.086