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New Research: More Engagement Promotes More Outrage Online

Friends don’t let friends farm outrage for attention.

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Chris Martin
Aug 31, 2021
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Earlier this month, researchers William Brady, Killian McLoughlin, Tuan Doan, and Molly Crockett published a study in Science Advances called, “How social learning amplifies moral outrage expression in online social networks.”

The study is the first of its kind. It provides real, statistical data to support the general belief that moral outrage posted t…

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