174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)

In this reair episode from 2023, Eric chats with Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Amit studies emotions in social interactions, for example in political contexts and on social media. He was a journalist and author before becoming an academic. In this episode, Eric and Amit talk about how emotions operate in groups. Do crowds easily go “mad”? What emotions spread faster in groups? Why are we drawn to people more politically extreme than us? How is social media shaping our emotions and political behavior? Finally, Amit shares his journey from being a journalist to being a psychologist at a business school. JOIN OUR SUBSTACK! Stay up to date with the pod and become part of the ever-growing community :) If you found this episode interesting at all, consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but will allow us to reach more people and make them excited about psychology. Links: Amit's paper on collective emotions Amit's paper on why we are attracted to morally extreme individuals Amit's website Eric's website Eric's Twitter @EricNeumannPsy Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack Let us know what you think of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

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174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR) is an episode from Stanford Psychology Podcast by Stanford Psychology.

This episode is 48:21 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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