Daily Archives: January 21, 2024

Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States

Political scientist Dannagal Goldthwaite Young writes in this 2019 book: * In their 2014 book The Outrage Industry, Jeffrey Berry and Sarah Sobieraj chronicle the growth of a new genre of political programming through the 2000s; programming that places a … Continue reading

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The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization

Here are some highlights from this 2023 book by sociologist Eviane Leidig: * In May 2019, then twenty-three-year-old Canadian Lauren Southern posted on her website, laurensouthern.net, a farewell message titled “A New Chapter.” In it, Lauren 1 stated that over … Continue reading

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