The 6 emotions explained
There are 6 key emotions displayed in social media posts about remembrance and commemoration shared by the Australian public. These are respect, gratitude, humility, pride, sadness and discontent.
The 6 emotions are each allocated a colour in the Emotion Poppy stained-glass design - a key is provided below, along with examples of the types of keywords people may mention in their social media posts that align with each emotion.
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Respect: RED Example keywords: beloved, ceremony, ceremonies, commemorate, commemorating, commemoration, commemorations, commemorative, memorial, prayer, reflection, respect, shrine, silence, spirit, thoughts, tradition, solemn, wreath, poignant
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Gratitude: GREEN Example keywords: blessed, grateful, gratitude, fought, remember, remembered, remembering, sacrifice, sacrificed, sacrifices, serve, served, service, services, thanks, peace, free, freedom, ‘for we are young and free’, #forweareyoungandfree
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Humility: GREY Example keywords: humble, humility, lives, meek, modest, moving, serving, thinking, touching, selfless, saved, saves
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Pride: YELLOW Example keywords: amazing, awe, awesome, beautiful, celebrate, celebration, dignity, honour honored, honoring, honour, honoured, honouring, ‘honour their spirit’, #honourtheirspirit, joy, march, marching, parade, pleasure, pride, proud, support, veterans, wonderful, victory
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Sadness: BLUE Example keywords: attack, died, fallen, grief, killed, sad, sadness, sorry, sorrow, loss, lost
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Discontent: ORANGE Example keywords: anger, angry, clash, disapproval, disapprove, disgust, disgusting, disrespectful, hate, outrage, stupid, terror, victim, victims, violence, horror, poverty, poor, senseless, senselessness, ‘after the war’, #afterthewar
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