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Data from the Human Penguin Project, a cross-national dataset testing social th...
Hu, Chuan Peng; Yin, Ji Xing; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Dalğar, İlker; Weissgerber, Sophia C.; Vergara, Rodrigo C.; Cairo, Athena H.; Čolić, Marija V.In the Human Penguin Project (N = 1755), 15 research groups from 12 countries collected body temperature, demographic variables, social network indices, seven widely-used psychological scales and two newly developed questionnaires (the Social Thermoregulation and Risk Avoidance Questionnaire (STRAQ-1) and the Kama Muta Frequency Scale (KAMF)). They were collected to investigate the relationship between environm...
Beyond positive or negative : Qualitative sentiment analysis of social media re...
Gaspar, Rui; Pedro, Cláudia; Panagiotopoulos, Panos; Seibt, BeateSentiment analysis techniques are increasingly used to grasp reactions from social media users to unexpected and potentially stressful social events. This paper argues that, alongside assessments of the affective valence of social media content as negative or positive, there is a need for a deeper understanding of the context in which reactions are expressed and the specific functions that users' emotional stat...
‘Would you eat cultured meat?’: Consumers' reactions and attitude formation in ...
Verbeke, Wim; Marcu, Afrodita; Rutsaert, Pieter; Gaspar, Rui; Seibt, Beate; Fletcher, Dave; Barnett, JulieCultured meat has evolved froman idea and concept into a realitywith the August 2013 cultured hamburger tasting in London. Still, howconsumers conceive culturedmeat is largely an open question. This study addresses consumers' reactions and attitude formation towards cultured meat through analyzing focus group discussions and online deliberationswith 179 meat consumers from Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingd...
Consumers’ avoidance of information on red meat risks: information exposure eff...
Gaspar, Rui; Luís, Sílvia; Seibt, Beate; Lima, Maria Luísa; Marcu, Afrodita; Rutsaert, Pieter; Fletcher, Dave; Verbeke, Wim; Barnett, JulieIn accordance with cognitive dissonance theory, individuals generally avoid information that is not consistent with their cognitions, to avoid psychological discomfort associated with tensions arising from contradictory beliefs. Information avoidance may thus make risk communication less successful. To address this, we presented information on red meat risks to red meat consumers. To explore information exposur...
Beyond information seeking: Consumers’ online deliberation about the risks and ...
Rutsaert, Pieter; Barnett, Julie; Gaspar, Rui; Marcu, Afrodita; Pieniak, Zuzanna; Seibt, Beate; Lima, Luisa; Fletcher, Dave; Verbeke, WimSuccessfully engaging consumers in a dialogue may provide opportunities for better tailored and more effective communication about food-related risks and benefits. Using an online deliberation concept and software, VIZZATA™, we explored the validity of a behavioral measure of deliberation in an online environment in the context of consumers’ perceptions and information seeking about the risks and benefits of re...
Tweeting during food crises: A psychosocial analysis of threat coping expressio...
Gaspar, Rui; Gorjão, Sara; Seibt, Beate; Lima, Luísa; Barnett, Julie; Moss, Adrian; Wills, JosephineFood crises imply responses that are not what people and organisations would normally do, if one or more threats (health, economic, etc.) were not present. At an individual level, this motivates individuals to implement coping strategies aimed at adaptation to the threat that has been presented, as well as the reduction of stressful experiences. In this regard, microblogging channels such as Twitter emerge as a...
Novos media sociais na comunicação de benefícios e riscos alimentares: o caso d...
Gaspar, Rui; Lima, Luisa; Seibt, Beate; Gorjão, Sara; Carvalho, JoãoO trabalho apresentado neste artigo foi realizado no âmbito do projeto FoodRisC - Perceção e comunicação de riscos e benefícios alimentares na Europa (Ref.: FP7-KBBE-2009-2-1- 02), um projeto de investigação iniciado em Junho de 2010 e financiado pelo 7º Programa Quadro da Comissão Europeia. Este planeia produzir ferramentas concretas para melhorar a comunicação sobre os benefícios e os riscos na alimentação. O...
Sad and Lonely? Sad Mood Suppresses Facial Mimicry
Likowski, Katja U.; Weyers, Peter; Seibt, Beate; Stöhr, Christiane; Pauli, Paul; Mühlberger, AndreasThe aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of happy and sad mood on facial muscular reactions to emotional facial expressions. Following film clips intended to induce happy and sad mood states, participants observed faces with happy, sad, angry, and neutral expressions while their facial muscular reactions were recorded electromyografically. Results revealed that after watching the happy clip...
Cognitive consequences of motivational orientation: Perceived similarity betwee...
Nussinson, Ravit; Seibt, Beate; Hafner, Michael; Strack, FritzRecent findings suggest that the unconscious activation of the motivational orientations of approach and avoidance is accompanied by the adoption of a more global and a more local processing style, respectively. A global processing style, in turn, is assumed to instigate a focus on similarities whereas a local processing style is assumed to instigate a focus on differences. Integrating these two ideas, the pres...
Processes Underlying Congruent and Incongruent Facial Reactions to Emotional Fa...
Likowski, Katja U.; Muehlberger, Andreas; Seibt, Beate; Pauli, Paul; Weyers, PeterThe present electromyographic study is a first step toward shedding light on the involvement of affective processes in congruent and incongruent facial reactions to facial expressions. Further, empathy was investigated as a potential mediator underlying the modulation of facial reactions to emotional faces in a competitive, a cooperative, and a neutral setting. Results revealed less congruent reactions to happy...