When It Rains, It Poors: How Watching Sad Videos Is Likely to Make You Post Negative Content on Facebook

The following research sought to examine Emotional Contagion through Facebook using human coders. Exposure to negative content on Facebook replicated findings by Kramer, Guillory, and Hancock (2014), showing an increase in negative activity, but was also shown to significantly increase activity overall. Positive emotion induction did not show contagious trends.