Facebook runs a bad study claiming that emotions are contagious - TopicsExpress



          

Facebook runs a bad study claiming that emotions are contagious via the Internet, but that actually only illustrates groupthink - ie that people are quite likely to repeat the opinions they see around them. (1) Basic Groupthink, where people copy biased information from FB (2) Meta Groupthink, where people copy the incorrect conclusion from FB researchers that it proves emotions are contagious (3) Meta-meta Groupthink, where people say it proves FB is evil. Details of the study bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28051930
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:57:01 +0000

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