During the first months of the corona crisis, people worldwide produced and shared thousands of uplifting (e.g., humorous, moving) media messages. The six studies reported here empirically tested the consolatory effects of viewing such positive media messages in the US, The Netherlands, and the UK. I compared the impact of humorous and moving (i.e., touching, heartwarming) messages, as they provide different kinds of well-being: hedonic versus eudaimonic. Studies 1–3 had correlational designs. Largely in line with the hedonic versus eudaimonic well-being framework, the results suggested that humorous messages lift people’s spirits by providing pleasure, while moving messages lift people’s spirits by providing realism, optimism, and by illustrating core human values. Studies 4–6 used a pre- and post-measure of negative and positive emotions. The results showed that viewing non-moving humorous messages significantly reduced negative emotions but did not increase positive emotions. Viewing non-humorous moving messages reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions in the US and UK, but not in The Netherlands. Finally, viewing messages that are both humorous and moving reduced negative emotions and increased positive emotions in all samples, implying they are particularly valuable as mood-enhancers during crises. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

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有趣且有意义：幽默而动人的媒体消息可在电晕时期提供最佳安慰

在电晕危机的头几个月，全世界的人们制作并分享了数千条令人振奋的（例如幽默，动人的）媒体信息。本文报道的六项研究在美国，荷兰和英国以经验方式测试了观看此类正面媒体信息的安慰作用。我比较了幽默和动人的信息（即感人的，令人心动的）消息所带来的影响，因为它们提供了不同的幸福感：享乐与真爱。研究1-3具有相关设计。结果大致上与享乐主义与人类情感的幸福框架相吻合，表明幽默的信息通过提供愉悦感来提升人们的精神，而移动的信息通过提供真实感，乐观主义并通过说明人类核心价值来提升人们的精神。研究4–6使用了负面和正面情绪的前后测量。结果表明，查看不动的幽默消息会大大减少负面情绪，但不会增加正面情绪。在美国和英国，查看非幽默的移动消息减少了负面情绪，并增加了积极情绪，但在荷兰却没有。最后，在所有样本中查看既幽默又动人的消息减少了负面情绪，增加了积极情绪，这意味着它们在危机期间作为情绪增强者特别有价值。讨论了这些发现的实践和理论意义。查看幽默且动人的消息在所有样本中减少了负面情绪，并增加了正面情绪，这意味着它们在危机期间作为增强情绪的人特别有价值。讨论了这些发现的实践和理论意义。查看幽默且动人的消息在所有样本中减少了负面情绪，并增加了正面情绪，这意味着它们在危机期间作为情绪增强者特别有价值。讨论了这些发现的实践和理论意义。