Outrage - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/outrage/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Sun, 17 Oct 2021 04:39:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Outrage - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/outrage/ 32 32 Viral Outrage Can Make People More Sympathetic https://allpsych.com/viral-outrage-can-make-people-more-sympathetic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viral-outrage-can-make-people-more-sympathetic Fri, 10 Aug 2018 21:18:02 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1678 It’s a familiar pattern now: first, someone says something offensive online. Then their ill-advised social media post goes viral, subjecting them to trial by Twitter and Facebook. Paradoxically, because the consequences of viral outrage can come to seem out of proportion with the initial offense, this process might ultimately make the person who made the…

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