Question

question 3
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.
options:
electronically activated recordings
ambulatory analyses
linguistic analyses
day reconstruction methods
ecological momentary assessment
1 point
clear selection

Explanation:

This study analyzed blog text to examine emotional and social engagement patterns post-9/11. Linguistic analyses involve examining language use (like emotional tone, social engagement markers) in text, which matches the described methodology of analyzing blog content to measure negative emotions and cognitive/social engagement levels.

Answer:

linguistic analyses