Contagion Beth Emhoff‚ a married Minneapolis executive‚ flies to Hong Kong on business. Upon her return‚ she’s gripped with flu-like symptoms‚ has a seizure in her kitchen‚ and dies. Her husband‚ Mitch ‚ is in shock. Meantime‚ the Center for Disease Control is flooded with calls from around the country and the globe; whatever killed Beth is killing plenty of other people‚ too. Meanwhile‚ a blogger is convinced of a government conspiracy and hypes an alternative remedy‚ while others are up in arms
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In the final few minutes of the movie Contagion.The film goes back to Day 1 because they movie started on Day 2. I thought this was a very interesting piece in the movie. First off‚ the paper that you see Beth Emhoff signing while she is on the business trip Hong Kong. It had the similar logo that was on a bulldozer clearing away trees at the end of movie. This business theoretically started this worldwide pandemic because it knocked over the tree which the bat that was carrying the pathogen. This
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research of psychologists Elaine Hatfield and John Cacioppo and their book‚ Emotional Contagion‚ incorporating their theory that there are certain people in the world who have an innate ability
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Do you get the exact same results each time? How do the results compare to each other and to your prediction? What factors might contribute to susceptibility to the disease? 2. If the contagion rate is calculated as the number of new cases per day per total population‚ what would the average contagion rate be for Kold? Unlike some of the other interactive labs‚ this model has some randomness built in to reflect the real spread of a disease‚ which is a matter of probabilities. Despite this
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tendency‚ known as emotional contagion‚ implies the automatic imitation and synchronization of expressions‚ movements‚ vocalizations‚ and postures with those of another person. Consequently‚ while all individuals share emotions‚ these emotions tend to have a particular influence on an individual. Despite the permanent spread of emotions through face-to-face communication‚ e-mails‚ social platforms‚ phone calls‚ and even gestures‚ there are other vivid examples of emotional contagion.
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Having listened to the Invisibilia episode “Entanglement” in which two segments of “Mirror touch” and “Contagion and Maria Bamford” are told by Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller‚ I have learned that we somehow are tangled by things and entangled with people around us every day. Entanglement‚ from my perspective‚ is something that entangles and is twisted. As listened‚ I noted that there are three main points in their story through the interviews with Amanda – a lady who can feel what other people are
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I feel as though emotional contagion is a process where an individual or group influences the behavior and emotions of another person or group by both conscious and unconscious induction of behavioral attitudes and emotional states. The lessons in the article are so relatable to me. There is nothing in my experience more painful than the mood swings of bipolar disorder‚ panic attacks‚ anxiety attacks and depression. For me I used to always let people energy get to me which was bad. Common example
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however‚ as conversations about liberty gained momentum across the nation a sort of “contagion of liberty” began occurring. Discussions of their own enslavement to the British led many colonists to reexamine the slavery occurring in North America and created a moral dilemma in their minds. Claiming to fight for their own freedom while simultaneously
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In Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 hyperlink movie‚ Contagion‚ the scene that I felt was the most significant was the scene when the main character of the movie‚ Mitch‚ witnesses his wife‚ Beth‚ collapse in their kitchen which occurs within the first 20 minutes of the film. The significance of this scene is that this is the first time as a spectator of the film‚ that one realizes how truly sick Beth was. We also are able to realize that up until the point of Beth collapsing and seizing in her kitchen‚ Mitch
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this is due to the evolution of globalization‚ a factor that has been capitalized on by Hollywood. However‚ beyond Hollywood‚ the effects of the interconnectedness of the world are felt on deep and personal levels by many people. Through the movies Contagion and Hotel Rwanda‚ as well as the public events of the Sheffield Scuffle and a rally
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