Elevated Agitation
Spillover
Elevated agitation is the deliberate amplification of authentic social tensions through coordinated information operations to escalate divisive issues beyond organic intensity, eroding social cohesion and democratic deliberation through emotional contagion that persists independently of triggering events.
Elevated agitation is the deliberate amplification of authentic social tensions through coordinated information operations to escalate divisive issues beyond organic intensity, eroding social cohesion and democratic deliberation through emotional contagion that persists independently of triggering events.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Elevated {Agitation}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/elevated-agitation.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Elevated Agitation,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/elevated-agitation.html.