The paper presents a model of Schadenfreude, pleasure at another’s misfortune, resulting in a typology of cases of this emotion. Four types are singled out: Compensation, Identification, Aversion, and Injustice Schadenfreude. The typology is first tested on a corpus of 472 comments drawn from three social media, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Then a specific corpus of comments is collected and analyzed concerning a specific case of Injustice Schadenfreude, the posts concerning Brexit, United Kingdom leaving the European Union. From the analysis, it emerges that spatial or factual closeness does not look necessary to feel Schadenfreude. Finally, a lexicometric automatic analysis is conducted on the general corpus of Italian comment...
We offer the first empirical comparison of the pleasure in seeing (i.e., schadenfreude) and in causi...
Discussion on social media over controversial topics can easily escalate to harsh interactions. Bein...
In the media we are often confronted with reports about the misfortunes of others. Indeed, the frequ...
The paper presents a model of Schadenfreude, pleasure at another’s misfortune, resulting in a typol...
The object of this Thesis is Schadenfreude, or “the pleasure for the misfortunes of others”. I chara...
© Cambridge University Press 2014. The concept of schadenfreude has a long and impressive history of...
Two studies examined intergroup schadenfreude-malicious pleasure at an out-group's misfortune. Study...
Two studies investigate schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) as an emotional respons...
We offer the first empirical comparison of the pleasure in seeing (i.e., schadenfreude) and in causi...
Popular media has documented an increasing interest in the phenomenon of “hate-following”. The curre...
Schadenfreude is a social emotion that describes one’s happiness at the misfortune of others. Becaus...
Schadenfreude is a social emotion that describes one's happiness at the misfortune of others. Becaus...
Around the globe, people enjoy watching the misfortunes of others on diverse media channels. But: Wh...
When someone suffers a mishap, a setback or a downfall, we sometimes find ourselves experiencing sch...
Schadenfreude (i.e., the pleasure derived from another's misfortune) has been widely studied by havi...
We offer the first empirical comparison of the pleasure in seeing (i.e., schadenfreude) and in causi...
Discussion on social media over controversial topics can easily escalate to harsh interactions. Bein...
In the media we are often confronted with reports about the misfortunes of others. Indeed, the frequ...
The paper presents a model of Schadenfreude, pleasure at another’s misfortune, resulting in a typol...
The object of this Thesis is Schadenfreude, or “the pleasure for the misfortunes of others”. I chara...
© Cambridge University Press 2014. The concept of schadenfreude has a long and impressive history of...
Two studies examined intergroup schadenfreude-malicious pleasure at an out-group's misfortune. Study...
Two studies investigate schadenfreude (pleasure at the misfortune of others) as an emotional respons...
We offer the first empirical comparison of the pleasure in seeing (i.e., schadenfreude) and in causi...
Popular media has documented an increasing interest in the phenomenon of “hate-following”. The curre...
Schadenfreude is a social emotion that describes one’s happiness at the misfortune of others. Becaus...
Schadenfreude is a social emotion that describes one's happiness at the misfortune of others. Becaus...
Around the globe, people enjoy watching the misfortunes of others on diverse media channels. But: Wh...
When someone suffers a mishap, a setback or a downfall, we sometimes find ourselves experiencing sch...
Schadenfreude (i.e., the pleasure derived from another's misfortune) has been widely studied by havi...
We offer the first empirical comparison of the pleasure in seeing (i.e., schadenfreude) and in causi...
Discussion on social media over controversial topics can easily escalate to harsh interactions. Bein...
In the media we are often confronted with reports about the misfortunes of others. Indeed, the frequ...