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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 16 Dec 2011 at 21:00 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Health Canal
Title: “Health News - Study: Happiness Down”
http://www.healthcanal.co...

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PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Dec 2011 at 13:03 GMT

Publication: Web MD
Title: “Happiness Declining Among Twitter Users”
http://www.webmd.com/bala...


Publication: Boston.com
Title: “Is Twitter a valid tool for measuring happiness? - Boston.com”
http://articles.boston.co...


Publication: GeekoSystem
Title: “According to Twitter, Everyone Is Getting Sadder | Geekosystem”
http://www.geekosystem.co...


Publication: Tech News World
Title: “Technology News: Social Networking: Twitter as Mood Ring: We're in a Funk”
http://www.technewsworld....


Publication: NBC Bay Area
Title: “Twitter Users Are a Sad Bunch | NBC Bay Area”
http://www.nbcbayarea.com...


Publication: Fox News Radio
Title: “Is Happiness on the Decline? Let’s Look to Twitter Health Check - News Radio 1310 KLIX”
http://newsradio1310.com/...


Publication: Daily Mail
Title: “Is Twitter making us depressed? Study of tweets reveals 63m users 'are becoming more unhappy' | Mail Online”
http://www.dailymail.co.u...


Publication: Boston Globe
Title: “Is Twitter a valid tool for measuring happiness? - Health & wellness - The Boston Globe”
http://bostonglobe.com/li...


Publication: OneHappyBird.Com
Title: “Hedonometrics | onehappybird”
http://onehappybird.com/2...


Publication: New York Times
Title: “Moods on Twitter Follow Biological Rhythms, Study Finds - NYTimes.com”
http://www.nytimes.com/20...


Publication: Seven Days
Title: “If You're Happy and You Know It, Tweet | Seven Days”
http://www.7dvt.com/2011t...


Publication: Media Bistro
Title: “Global Happiness Is Declining At Least On Twitter - AllTwitter”
http://www.mediabistro.co...


Publication: My Fox New York
Title: “Twitter Research Finds Unhappiness Trend”
http://www.myfoxny.com/dp...


Publication: TIME
Title: “Science Proves Twitter Really Has Become More Sad Since 2009 | Techland | TIME.com”
http://techland.time.com/...


Publication: Tech2
Title: “Tweets show decline in global happiness”
http://tech2.in.com/news/...


Publication: Salt Lake Tribune
Title: “Study finds Twitter reflects American’s mood is gloomy | The Salt Lake Tribune”
http://www.sltrib.com/slt...


Publication: Mother Nature Network
Title: “Twitter reveals what time we're happiest | MNN - Mother Nature Network”
http://www.mnn.com/green-...


Publication: Mashable
Title: “Study: Happiness Is Trending Down on Twitter [VIDEO]”
http://mashable.com/2011/...


Publication: Digital Trends
Title: “Study: Twitter research says global #unhappiness is trending”
http://www.digitaltrends....


Publication: Burlington Free Press
Title: “Happy, more or less: chatting up a hedonometrician | Nought 101”
http://blogs.burlingtonfr...


Publication: Silicon India
Title: “Twitter Calls, "Oh Dear Happiness, Where Did You Go"”
http://www.siliconindia.c...


Publication: Technorati
Title: “Want More Happy Tweets? Study Says Try Weekends - Technorati Blogging”
http://technorati.com/blo...


Publication: The Week
Title: “Does Twitter prove we're getting sadder? - The Week”
http://theweek.com/articl...


Publication: Everything PR
Title: “Twitter Happiness in Decline”
http://www.pamil-visions....


Publication: Gizmodo
Title: “Everyone on Twitter Is Increasingly Depressed”
http://gizmodo.com/587007...


Publication: The Verge
Title: “Twitter users getting sadder, university study shows | The Verge”
http://www.theverge.com/2...


Publication: BostInno
Title: “Are You on Twitter? Researchers Say You’re Probably Depressed | BostInno”
http://bostinno.com/2011/...


Publication: First Post
Title: “What you tweet says a lot about your happiness quotient | Firstpost”
http://www.firstpost.com/...


Publication: US News
Title: “Twitter: World Is Getting More Miserable - US News and World Report”
http://www.usnews.com/new...


Publication: PC Mag
Title: “According to Twitter, We're in a Happiness Recession | News & Opinion | PCMag.com”
http://www.pcmag.com/arti...


Publication: SF Gate
Title: “Happiness Is On The Decline, Says Twitter Study”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi...


Publication: CNET
Title: “The world is getting unhappier, according to Twitter | Health Tech - CNET News”
http://news.cnet.com/8301...


Publication: GMA News
Title: “Researchers: Tweets show global happiness is down - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere”
http://www.gmanetwork.com...


Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Happiness Is Dropping, Twitter Study Shows”
http://www.huffingtonpost...


Publication: USA Today
Title: “Tweets show global happiness has dropped USATODAY.com”
http://www.usatoday.com/t...


Publication: ABC News
Title: “Is Happiness Declining? Twitter Analysis Says It Is - ABC News”
http://abcnews.go.com/blo...


Publication: University of Vermont
Title: “Study: Happiness Down”
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr...


Publication: Burlington Free Press
Title: “The tweets tell the story: UVM researchers find we're getting less happy | Burlington Free Press | burlingtonfreepress.com”
http://www.burlingtonfree...



Publication: Live Science
Title: “Twitter Posts Reflect Shifts in Happiness | State of Mind & Social Media | LiveScience”
http://www.livescience.co...


Publication: VTDIGGER.ORG
Title: “From Twitter, UVM scientists measure mood, happiness is down”
http://vtdigger.org/2011/...


Publication: TG Daily
Title: “Twitter study shows we're getting more miserable | TG Daily”
http://www.tgdaily.com/ge...


Publication: Village Voice Blogs
Title: “Happiness Is on the Decline, at Least According to What We Tweet”
http://blogs.villagevoice...


Publication: Burlington Free Press
Title: “The tweets tell the story: UVM researchers find we're getting less happy”
http://www.burlingtonfree...


Publication: Psych Central
Title: “Meta-Twitter Analysis Shows Happiness Trending Down”
http://psychcentral.com/n...


Publication: Eurasia Review
Title: “GDP Rises, But Happiness Declines”
http://www.eurasiareview....


Publication: MedIndia
Title: “Rise in GDP Sees Decline in Gross Domestic Happiness in US”
http://www.medindia.net/n...

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RE: Additonal Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 30 Dec 2011 at 20:01 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: National Geographic
Title: “Measuring Happiness Tweet by Tweet -- News Watch”
http://newswatch.national...

Publication: Gawker
Title: “Everyone on Twitter Is In a Three-Year Depression Spiral”
http://gawker.com/5869833...

Publication: Business Insider
Title: “Happiness Is On The Decline, Says Twitter Study”
http://www.businessinside...

Publication: Vermont Today
Title: “Word of the day: 'Hedonometrics' - Vermont Today”
http://rutlandherald.type...

Publication: KOWB 1290
Title: “Is Happiness on the Decline? Let's Look to Twitter - Health Check - KOWB 1290”
http://kowb1290.com/happi...

Publication: Press TV
Title: “PressTV - Twitter users less happy”
http://presstv.com/detail...

Publication: Web Pro News
Title: “We're Not As Happy As We Used To Be, According To Our Tweets | WebProNews”
http://www.webpronews.com...

Publication: UPI
Title: “Overall happiness in U.S. on the decline”
http://www.upi.com/Health...

Publication: Fox News DC
Title: “Twitter Research Finds Unhappiness Trend”
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dp...

Publication: The Awl
Title: “Twitter Users Sad”
http://www.theawl.com/201...

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RE: RE: Additonal Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Jan 2012 at 21:20 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Vermont Cynic
Title: “Twitter study reveals unhappiness in users”
http://www.vermontcynic.c...

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RE: Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 12 Jul 2013 at 17:18 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: BBC
Title: “Twitter study: Happiness rises the further you travel”
http://www.bbc.com/future...

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Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 26 Jul 2013 at 21:22 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Discover Magazine Blogs
Title: “We're Happier When We're Farther From Home, Twitter Patterns Show - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com”
http://blogs.discovermaga...

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Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 05 Aug 2013 at 22:24 GMT


The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Discover
Title: “We're Happier When We're Farther From Home, Twitter Patterns Show - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com”
http://blogs.discovermaga...

Publication: Discover Magazine Blogs
Title: “We're Happier When We're Farther From Home, Twitter Patterns Show - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com”
http://blogs.discovermaga...

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Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 09 Aug 2013 at 18:09 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Discover
Title: “We're Happier When We're Farther From Home, Twitter Patterns Show - D-brief”
http://blogs.discovermaga...

If you see any additional coverage of this paper in the press or blogosphere, please reply to this thread and add the link to the article.

Competing interests declared: PLOS ONE Staff