Angry Friends, Happy Crowd: How the Emotionally Charged Content Influences Online Behavior

Mengyuan Chen

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/3/2022331

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Chen,M. (2023). Angry Friends, Happy Crowd: How the Emotionally Charged Content Influences Online Behavior. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,3,775-784.

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