Aretha L H Wan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6715152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aretha L H Wan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aretha L H |
| FAMILY NAME | Wan |
| SIGNATURE | WAN A L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Is “Good vibes only” really good? Investigating perceptions of toxic positivity on social media
On social media, posting positive content should generate positive emotions via emotional contagion. Yet, emerging discussions regarding toxic positivity (TP) suggest that positivity can backfire, showing the limits of emotional contagion. Through the perspective of neoliberal self-help ideology, this research investigated how people understand and perceive TP. Study 1 found, via focus groups, that social media posts containing TP involve two mes…
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Is “Good vibes only” really good? Investigating perceptions of toxic positivity on social media
On social media, posting positive content should generate positive emotions via emotional contagion. Yet, emerging discussions regarding toxic positivity (TP) suggest that positivity can backfire, showing the limits of emotional contagion. Through the perspective of neoliberal self-help ideology, this research investigated how people understand and perceive TP. Study 1 found, via focus groups, that social media posts containing TP involve two mes…
Focus (optics (1 works) · Focus group (1 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 works) · Media content (1 works) · Media Influence and Health (1 works) · Mediation (1 works) · Mental Health via Writing (1 works) · Negativity effect (1 works) · Perception (1 works) · Perspective (graphical (1 works)