Question

After the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, Cohn, Mehl, and Pennebaker (2004) examined blogs of users of a specific website. Through their use of ______, they determined that their participants expressed more negative emotions and were more cognitively and socially engaged for two weeks. After that period of time, these levels returned to baseline.

Answer 1

Answer:

Linguistic analyses

Explanation:

The researchers of this case used linguistic analysis to examine the behaviour of the participants. Linguistic analysis refers to the study of language from a scientific perspective. It studies the social, cultural and historical influences that affect how people use language. It also studies different contexts, and how language relates to these.