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The emotional effect of terrorism
Vincenzo Bove1, Georgios Efthyvoulou2, Armine Ghazaryan3
1IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Lucca, 55100, Italy. vincenzo.bove@imtlucca.it.
Scientific Reports
|November 3, 2024
Summary
Terrorist attacks trigger strong negative emotions in the public, impacting well-being and policy views. These emotional responses on social media also correlate with shifts in attitudes toward immigration.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Computational Social Science
Background:
- Terrorism elicits significant emotional responses from the public.
- These emotional reactions can influence individual well-being, attitudes, and policy preferences.
- Understanding these effects is crucial for public safety and social cohesion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To precisely measure public emotional responses to terrorism using a novel data-driven approach.
- To investigate the relationship between terrorism-induced emotions and public sentiment towards immigration.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a unique dataset of 324,000 Twitter users' activity.
- Employed advanced computational methods to capture discrete emotional responses to terrorism events.
- Analyzed the correlation between emotional spikes and changes in immigration-related sentiment.
Main Results:
- Terrorist attacks caused significant, measurable spikes in negative emotions.
- The intensity and type of emotional response varied depending on the attack's characteristics.
- A notable association was found between terrorism-induced emotional shifts and altered feelings about immigration.
Conclusions:
- Social media provides a valuable tool for understanding real-time public emotional reactions to terrorism.
- Terrorism's emotional impact extends beyond immediate fear, influencing broader societal attitudes, such as those on immigration.
- Further research can explore the long-term psychological and societal consequences of terrorism.
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