🎧 How social media creates incentives that tear us apart

Binge the series with Dr. Steven Rathje

Since the launch of the Outrage Overload podcast a few months ago, we have covered a lot of ground. We’ve heard from scientists, researchers, authors, community leaders and other experts on political polarization, incivility, and media influences of the “outrage industry.”

The latest Outrage Overload podcast episode continues that theme. It is out now, part two of the two-part series with Dr. Steven Rathje, presenting interesting research about social media incentives and the impact on polarization of society.

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Outrage 009 – How social media gives us what captures our attention rather than what we actually want – Steven Rathje

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In this series you will learn about negative affect language, moral language, negativity bias, social identity theory, and much more. In part two we also talk about the increasing problem of transparency of social media platforms and how independent researchers are being shut out. This makes it impossible for researchers to examine the impacts of these platforms on society.

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David Beckemeyer
Host and Founder of the Outrage Overload podcast