David Beckemeyer, Author at Outrage Overload

Summary, Highlights, and Transcript for bonus episode with Kevin Bass

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April 16, 2023

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Outrage 010 – How understanding our own limitations can help break us out of our outrage spiral -Alex Korb

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April 1, 2023

David Beckemeyer

brain, communication, depression, emotions, employee, media, neuromodulation, neuroscience, outrageporn, stress, wellbeing

When I set out to cover this topic, “The Neuroscience of Outrage Porn,” I had this naive vision of a neat little Schoolhouse Rock cartoonish picture: when this happens, this part of the brain turns on, kind of thing. Of course, the reality is much more complicated than that and it can even be different…
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Outrage BONUS – Could we have done better to avoid the politicization of COVID? – Kevin Bass

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March 28, 2023

David Beckemeyer

COVID19, mitigation, modeling, pandemic, polarization, politicization, publichealth, science, socialmedia, trust, vaccine

Kevin Bass, an M.D./Ph.D. student, recently wrote an opinion piece for Newsweek titled It’s Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives. He says: the scientific community from the CDC to the WHO to the FDA and their representatives, repeatedly overstated the evidence and misled the public…
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Dearborn Michigan was under Sharia Law

Street Outrage

March 15, 2023

David Beckemeyer

Episodes / Street Outrage / Dearborn Michigan was under Sharia Law This street outrage segment originally appeared on the podcast in episode 009 – Link
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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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March 15, 2023

David Beckemeyer

engagement, morallanguage, moralpanics, negativeaffectlanguage, negativitybias, outgroupanimosity, politicalpolarization, politicalsectarianism, socialidentitytheory, socialmedia, stevenrathje, virality, viralitymetrics

This is part-two of a two-part series with Dr. Steven Rathje discussing research that found that social media creates incentives for out-group animosity, which can be a factor in increasing polarization. It is also harmful for mental health and society. In this episode, we also talk about the increasing problem of transparency of social media…
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Outrage 008 – How social media creates incentives for out-group animosity – Steven Rathje

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February 28, 2023

David Beckemeyer

engagement, morallanguage, moralpanics, negativeaffectlanguage, negativitybias, outgroupanimosity, outrage, politicalpolarization, politicalsectarianism, socialidentitytheory, socialmedia, stevenrathje, virality, viralitymetrics

We introduced the podcast with a two-part series with Dr. Peter H. Ditto, Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior, telling us about “Political Sectarianism” explaining how our divide goes beyond policy preferences and ideas, arguing that American political partisans are bonded by something that looks more like religious faith where “our” side is morally superior…
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Why is your buy-in so heavy?

Street Outrage

February 22, 2023

David Beckemeyer

Episodes / Street Outrage / Why is your buy-in so heavy? This street outrage segment originally appeared on the podcast in episode 007 – Link Aaron’s podcast: The Semi-Social Life of a Black Introvert
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Moral panic and the social amplification model that explains how it spreads

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February 15, 2023

David Beckemeyer

In a recent podcast episode, David Beckemeyer and Kurt Gray discussed the concept of moral panic and the social amplification model that explains how it spreads. Moral panics are not a new phenomenon and have been around for as long as human society has existed. These panics are characterized by people being afraid of moral…
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Outrage 007 – How the outrage industry has evolved in the past decade – Jeffrey M. Berry

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February 13, 2023

David Beckemeyer

AlgorithmicFeeds, Angertianment, AttentionEconomy, BreakingNews, CommonGround, Cortisol, Dopamine, Exaggeration, FearAndOutrage, HateTheOtherSide, IncendiaryRhetoric, Indignation, lowerthetemperature, MorallyEgregious, MorallyIndignant, nextdoor, OutrageIndustry, outrageporn, Perception, PoliticalCampaigns, Progress, socialmedia

The term “outrage industry” is fundamental to this podcast. It comes up on basically every episode. On the podcast website, I introduce the podcast as follows: “in each episode we explore a different aspect of the outrage industry and lowering the temperature.” It’s such a key concept that the website has a separate page defining…
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BONUS – Ninety-nine percent were so nice

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February 13, 2023

David Beckemeyer

community, crime, division, neighborhood, nextdoor, politicaloutrage, rancor, robbery, safety, victimblaming, vigilance

It was just another typical day for Elaine (not her real name), a busy mom, running errands and making stops along the way. She had just pulled up to the local ATM, feeling confident and safe in her own neighborhood. But as she began her transaction, she was suddenly accosted by a masked stranger who…
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Summary, Highlights, and Transcript for bonus episode with Kevin Bass

Outrage 010 – How understanding our own limitations can help break us out of our outrage spiral -Alex Korb

Outrage BONUS – Could we have done better to avoid the politicization of COVID? – Kevin Bass

Dearborn Michigan was under Sharia Law

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

Outrage 008 – How social media creates incentives for out-group animosity – Steven Rathje

Why is your buy-in so heavy?

Moral panic and the social amplification model that explains how it spreads

Outrage 007 – How the outrage industry has evolved in the past decade – Jeffrey M. Berry

BONUS – Ninety-nine percent were so nice

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