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cord-351401-mloml4z3	Steinert, Steffen	Corona and value change. The role of social media and emotional contagion	2020-07-21		.txt	text/plain	6935	361	48	As a consequence, a negative emotional climate and the shift in values could lead to a change in political attitudes that has implications for rights, freedom, privacy and moral progress. The current Coronavirus pandemic is an emotionally taxing time and people have a tendency to express and share their emotions, especially on social media platforms. A pervasive negative emotional climate facilitates the perception of threat and could thus contribute to a change in personal value towards values that emphasize security and stability of society. The account presented here of how emotional climate relates to value change also has normative implications for how we approach decision-making about the introduction of technologies that are supposed to remedy some of the consequences of the crisis. Applying the account that links emotional climate to value change and political preferences to the current Corona crisis: People's expression of negative emotions like fear or anger on social media may lead to a more negative emotional climate facilitated by emotional contagion processes.	./cache/cord-351401-mloml4z3.txt	./txt/cord-351401-mloml4z3.txt