Outrage culture satisfies our urge for social solidarity.
Groups have social incentives to be outraged– expressing anger shows your commitment to the values of your community. And media companies have financial incentives to rile people up– playing on your anger means more clicks and shares.
psychology
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: The USA Versus the World
How liberals and conservatives psychologically define their ingroups
When a large-scale disagreement takes place, this is usually a signal that people are seeing things in radically different ways from one another. If you are paying attention at all to modern political situations, then you know full well that large-scale disagreements are all over the map.
The Hidden Upside To Gossip : Shots – Health News : NPR — DhAnAnJAyA PArKhe “JAy”
“In one of Martinescu’s studies, published this year in Frontiers in Psychology, she and her colleagues surveyed people about their experiences with gossip in the workplace. In the study, participants were asked to “describe a specific situation in which a co-worker said something either positive or negative about their work performance behind their back to another co-worker.”
via The Hidden Upside To Gossip : Shots – Health News : NPR — DhAnAnJAyA PArKhe “JAy”
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