Nice job! I think emotional contagion is an important area of research as we are all influenced by the emotions of others. One thing I wondered about in your particular study is whether the fact the groups were made up of friends had any impact. For example, if I know that all 3 of us arrived in a good mood, would I be more likely to ignore hints of anger? Also, the fact that they are collaborating with friends may decrease the anger effect because they can still joke around with the counterparts. I understand why getting 3 friends to come to the lab makes scheduling easier, but it would be interesting to see if there are any differences between strangers. Great job, and I look forward to seeing the final results!
This was another great presentation on our last day of class together. I think that this is a very interesting topic and I can see how it applies to everyday life in addition to technology. One thing I would note in your paper is if your methods have any precedent. Is it a usual procedure to play angry music? Also, expanding on Gretchen's comment, I don't remember if you did do this, but would it have been helpful to survey their moods when they arrived? Good luck writing your paper!
First of all, "Before Sunset" was not a boring movie! Emotional contagion is an interesting topic that your group studied especially since more and more consumers of media are actually becoming producers of media content. How will this affect the emotions and/or behaviors of those who are influenced by media content of others? I also find your topic interesting because you can also think about how much control or lack of control media conglomerates should have on what kind of content is allowed on media outlets. This control or lack of control can have an effect on what others can view their content. Perhaps this is also an issue of freedom of speech and freedom of expression and censorship, etc. The implications that your study reaches about advertising, online classrooms, and online gamers reach breadth of ideas and possibilities that would be interesting to follow through upon. In relation to your presentation, it was quite entertaining and kept a nice flow from one presenter to the next. The slides were easy to follow and everyone in your group spoke clearly. Good luck on your further research.
What an entertaining presentation. The little trick of all changing into red shirts was definitely amusing and added something extra. It also seems as though you have come a very far way from when I first participated in the study, so good work! My one suggestion, that I made in class, would be to add a f2f condition and see how your manipulations can affect communication in a face to face setting as compared to cmc. But saving that for a follow up study (and then comparing the results) would probably be a better idea considering three groups is a lot to handle at the moment. One additional comment I had was about your implementation of setting a negative mood. Do you think the participant may have noticed the multiple cues towards negative emotions (i.e. distressing movie, hardcore metal and angry anagrams) which may have influenced how they reported their emotions (i.e. wanting to impress the researcher). It may be a stretch, but maybe something to think about. Really interesting presentation!
Ishan Chellaney - Quite a riveting presentation! The visually startling denouement of removing your clothes to reveal the inner red was extremely entertaining! I'm particularly interested by your group's contention that people who tend to be more phsyiologically responsive in emotional situations are ultimately more susceptible to emotional contagion. Going forward, you might want to explore another dimension, namely how interpersonal relationships influence emotional contagion. Additionally, you can expand the experiment design to include asynchronous CMC (e-mail) versus synchronous CMC (e.g. real-time chat).
You had a difficult time slot, the last of all presentations, but I was certainly entertained by your presentation. I thought that of all the presentations, your group examined the implications of your findings clearly and thoroughly, which is always the most interesting part of a research study. You briefly mentioned a design implication that I thought was really fascinating. I love the idea of using your findings to inform the design of online, multiplayer games. Using players’ emotions to enhance other players’ experience is a great idea and one that I’ve never considered before. I participated in your study very early on and it seems as though you have come a long way. For further research I think it would be interesting to try to make every participant angry, except for one, and see how that one participant responds. Good job!
Very entertaining presentation. You definitely kept the class very engaged. I remember doing your study early on and I think the switch from 10 tips to 3 was a good one. You also had some very interesting results. I was surprised to hear people were more glad, more tense, and more tired in the emotional contagion condition. I wouldn't think these 3 emotions would go together. I also think it will be really interesting when you compare peoples emotions to their ratings of others' emotions to see if people had more extreme emotions themselves when they could sense their friend's bad mood.
If I didn’t understand what emotional contagion was at the outset of the presentation, I definitely had a better understanding by the conclusion when all of you guys revealed your red attire. Bonus points since Cornell’s nickname is the Big Red. I found it intriguing that your hypothesis actually proved correct in the end since I was a bit skeptical initially about the impact that a film and music in the background might have on the participant. I am interested as to how the composition of the group played a role in the final personal assessment by each participant.
First of all, amazing presentation. I have never seen a strip tease presentation in all my years, and now that I’m a senior, I can cross that off my list- thank you! Anyway, like I stated before I was wondering how the multitasking factor would play a role with making people angry, even though they had the neutral condition. When I did your study, I was the neutral condition and I felt more stressed since I couldn’t get the puzzle, even though I wasn’t supposed to be spending time on it. Also, when I need to write something, I usually cant listen to music when I’m concentrating on a task. I think that you mentioned this didn't change your results, but it was just something I was curious about.
You guys had fantastic patter in your presentation, and I thought your methodology seemed pretty solid--you accounted for a wide range of possible interferences and did a good job of testing things that might have affected their mood. I will say I wasn't completely sure whether getting groups of friends was necessary, since strangers seem fairly willing to self-disclose in experimental contexts, although perhaps people wouldn't disclose as much emotion around strangers, I suppose.
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Nice job! I think emotional contagion is an important area of research as we are all influenced by the emotions of others. One thing I wondered about in your particular study is whether the fact the groups were made up of friends had any impact. For example, if I know that all 3 of us arrived in a good mood, would I be more likely to ignore hints of anger? Also, the fact that they are collaborating with friends may decrease the anger effect because they can still joke around with the counterparts. I understand why getting 3 friends to come to the lab makes scheduling easier, but it would be interesting to see if there are any differences between strangers. Great job, and I look forward to seeing the final results!
ReplyDeleteThis was another great presentation on our last day of class together. I think that this is a very interesting topic and I can see how it applies to everyday life in addition to technology. One thing I would note in your paper is if your methods have any precedent. Is it a usual procedure to play angry music? Also, expanding on Gretchen's comment, I don't remember if you did do this, but would it have been helpful to survey their moods when they arrived? Good luck writing your paper!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, "Before Sunset" was not a boring movie! Emotional contagion is an interesting topic that your group studied especially since more and more consumers of media are actually becoming producers of media content. How will this affect the emotions and/or behaviors of those who are influenced by media content of others? I also find your topic interesting because you can also think about how much control or lack of control media conglomerates should have on what kind of content is allowed on media outlets. This control or lack of control can have an effect on what others can view their content. Perhaps this is also an issue of freedom of speech and freedom of expression and censorship, etc. The implications that your study reaches about advertising, online classrooms, and online gamers reach breadth of ideas and possibilities that would be interesting to follow through upon. In relation to your presentation, it was quite entertaining and kept a nice flow from one presenter to the next. The slides were easy to follow and everyone in your group spoke clearly. Good luck on your further research.
ReplyDeleteWhat an entertaining presentation. The little trick of all changing into red shirts was definitely amusing and added something extra. It also seems as though you have come a very far way from when I first participated in the study, so good work! My one suggestion, that I made in class, would be to add a f2f condition and see how your manipulations can affect communication in a face to face setting as compared to cmc. But saving that for a follow up study (and then comparing the results) would probably be a better idea considering three groups is a lot to handle at the moment. One additional comment I had was about your implementation of setting a negative mood. Do you think the participant may have noticed the multiple cues towards negative emotions (i.e. distressing movie, hardcore metal and angry anagrams) which may have influenced how they reported their emotions (i.e. wanting to impress the researcher). It may be a stretch, but maybe something to think about. Really interesting presentation!
ReplyDeleteIshan Chellaney - Quite a riveting presentation! The visually startling denouement of removing your clothes to reveal the inner red was extremely entertaining! I'm particularly interested by your group's contention that people who tend to be more phsyiologically responsive in emotional situations are ultimately more susceptible to emotional contagion. Going forward, you might want to explore another dimension, namely how interpersonal relationships influence emotional contagion. Additionally, you can expand the experiment design to include asynchronous CMC (e-mail) versus synchronous CMC (e.g. real-time chat).
ReplyDeleteYou had a difficult time slot, the last of all presentations, but I was certainly entertained by your presentation. I thought that of all the presentations, your group examined the implications of your findings clearly and thoroughly, which is always the most interesting part of a research study. You briefly mentioned a design implication that I thought was really fascinating. I love the idea of using your findings to inform the design of online, multiplayer games. Using players’ emotions to enhance other players’ experience is a great idea and one that I’ve never considered before. I participated in your study very early on and it seems as though you have come a long way. For further research I think it would be interesting to try to make every participant angry, except for one, and see how that one participant responds. Good job!
ReplyDeleteVery entertaining presentation. You definitely kept the class very engaged. I remember doing your study early on and I think the switch from 10 tips to 3 was a good one. You also had some very interesting results. I was surprised to hear people were more glad, more tense, and more tired in the emotional contagion condition. I wouldn't think these 3 emotions would go together. I also think it will be really interesting when you compare peoples emotions to their ratings of others' emotions to see if people had more extreme emotions themselves when they could sense their friend's bad mood.
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ReplyDeleteIf I didn’t understand what emotional contagion was at the outset of the presentation, I definitely had a better understanding by the conclusion when all of you guys revealed your red attire. Bonus points since Cornell’s nickname is the Big Red. I found it intriguing that your hypothesis actually proved correct in the end since I was a bit skeptical initially about the impact that a film and music in the background might have on the participant. I am interested as to how the composition of the group played a role in the final personal assessment by each participant.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, amazing presentation. I have never seen a strip tease presentation in all my years, and now that I’m a senior, I can cross that off my list- thank you! Anyway, like I stated before I was wondering how the multitasking factor would play a role with making people angry, even though they had the neutral condition. When I did your study, I was the neutral condition and I felt more stressed since I couldn’t get the puzzle, even though I wasn’t supposed to be spending time on it. Also, when I need to write something, I usually cant listen to music when I’m concentrating on a task. I think that you mentioned this didn't change your results, but it was just something I was curious about.
ReplyDeleteYou guys had fantastic patter in your presentation, and I thought your methodology seemed pretty solid--you accounted for a wide range of possible interferences and did a good job of testing things that might have affected their mood. I will say I wasn't completely sure whether getting groups of friends was necessary, since strangers seem fairly willing to self-disclose in experimental contexts, although perhaps people wouldn't disclose as much emotion around strangers, I suppose.
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