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Posting Date: August 24, 2002
 

Emotional Selection in Memes: The Case of Urban Legends (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) -- "This article explores how much memes like urban legends succeed on the basis of informational selection (i.e., truth or a moral lesson) and emotional selection (i.e., the ability to evoke emotions like anger, fear, or disgust)."

 

  

Reader Comments...
 

John, just to let you know I love this kind of post that exposes me to stuff I wouldn't normally see. But it's going to take me another week to finish reading it and looking at some of the references. No Comments definitelt doesn't mean no interest.

Posted by: Mac on August 27, 2002 06:25 AM

 

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