Awakening, condensation, and sedimentation: the correlation mechanism between topics and emotions in online public opinion from the psychosocial anchoring perspective.

Hong Yu, Menglan Ma, Xiangrong Yu, Peng Fang

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hong YuSchool of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Menglan MaSchool of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Xiangrong YuSchool of Journalism and Information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Peng FangSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

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Emotions significantly shape how publics interpret and engage with crises on social media, yet most public-opinion research treats thematic structures and affective dynamics in isolation. Drawing on social representation theory and psychosocial anchoring, this mixed-methods study examines the interplay of topics and emotions during the 2023 "Rat Head and Duck Neck" food safety incident on Chinese social media. By analyzing posts through LDA topic modeling, TextCNN-based sentiment analysis, and qualitative content analysis, the analysis reveals three dominant emotions: disgust, anger, and satire, and three central topics: food, trust, and power. These elements co-evolve via three interaction patterns: awakening, condensation, and sedimentation. These patterns not only map the evolution of online discourse but also reveal psychosocial mechanisms critical for designing more emotionally attuned digital risk-communication and management strategies in food safety crises.

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food safety crisesonline public opinionpsychosocial anchoringsocial representation theorytopics-emotions dynamics

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PMID40900963

DOI10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1624689

PMCPMC12399590

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