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The Lexicocalorimeter

Linguistic Pollyanna Principle: The positivity bias of language

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Measuring public health in real-time by turning words into calories.

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Covered in these episode(s) and clip(s):

Clip 1: Introduction to the Lexicocalorimeter (13:02)

Clip 2: Pizza and television (5:41)

Clip 3: Health and the caloric content of tweets (5:13)

Clip 4: The Insomniometer (1:50)