Bove, V., Efthyvoulou, G. orcid.org/0000-0002-4473-0350, Ghazaryan, A. et al. (1 more author) (2024) The emotional effect of terrorism. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). 26525. ISSN 2045-2322
Abstract
Terrorism causes emotional reactions among public audiences, with downstream consequences for their well-being, attitudes and policy preferences. We utilise a novel approach which harnesses a unique dataset of Twitter activity from 324K users to precisely capture emotional responses to terrorism. Our results demonstrate that terrorist attacks induce dramatic spikes in various discrete emotions of a negative valence, which vary based on the characteristics of the attacks. Furthermore, we show that the terrorism-induced effects on emotions are accompanied by changes in feelings about immigration.
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Keywords: | Terrorism; Sentiments; Emotions; Twitter |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 14:34 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 14:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41598-024-77350-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219223 |