Sensing Distress Following a Terrorist Event
Sensing Distress Following a Terrorist Event
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感受到恐怖事件后的痛苦
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2016
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Y. Lin
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Xidao Wen;Y. Lin
恐怖主义的目的是造成目标人口的心理不稳定。通过传统方法进行的社会心理学研究，如调查或访谈，为理解此类创伤事件的心理影响提供了见解。然而，这些研究是昂贵的，通常是在事件发生后很长一段时间内报告的。随着社交媒体的吸引力，我们提供了一个独特的机会，从公开的Twitter数据中收集及时的心理信号。在这项研究中，我们收集了16 K巴黎用户的400多万条推文。我们提出了我们的即时情绪反应，以及随后的恢复过程后，巴黎袭击事件的分析。我们的分析表明，在袭击发生后，更大程度的焦虑与距离袭击地点更近的地点有关。用户的情绪变化在几天到几周内逐渐恢复到冲击前的状态，而情绪轨迹则随着用户的社会互动程度而变化。分析进一步揭示了媒体曝光对恢复过程的重大影响。本研究为理解用户在群体暴力事件中的情感脆弱性和弹性提供了理论和实践上的启示。
Terrorism aims to cause the psychological instability in the targeted population. Social psychological research through traditional methods, like surveys or interviews, have provided insights for understanding the psychological effects of such traumatic events. However, these studies are costly and usually are reported with a significant delay after the events. With the allure of social media, we are provided with a unique opportunity to gather timely psychological signals from publicly available Twitter data. In this study, we collected more than 4 million tweets from 16 K Paris users. We present our analysis of the immediate emotional response as well as the subsequent recovery process following the Paris attacks. Our analysis shows that, immediately after the attacks, a greater level of anxiety was associated with locations closer to the attack site. Users’ emotional shift gradually returned to the pre-impact status over days to weeks, while the emotional trajectories vary with the degrees of users’ social interactions. The analysis further reveals a significant impact of media exposure on the recovery process. This study provides both theoretical and practical implications for understanding users’ emotional vulnerability and resilience concerning mass violence events.