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Outrage 77 – Issue Salience Polarization: Why We Disagree About What Matters – Adrienne Kafka & Troy Campbell

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November 26, 2025

David Beckemeyer

outrage, polarization, politics, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, social science, solution aversion

Aired Nov 26, 2025 What if our biggest disagreements aren’t about what we believe—but about what deserves our attention? In this episode of Outrage Overload, we explore a fascinating new concept in political psychology: issue salience polarization — the idea that we’re not only divided by ideology or values, but by which problems we think…
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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, Psychology & Neuroscience, socialidentitytheory, socialmedia, stevenrathje, virality, viralitymetrics

Aired Mar 8, 2023 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”…
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Outrage 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray

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February 6, 2023

David Beckemeyer

ethics, morality, moralpanic, outrage, psychology, Psychology & Neuroscience, research, science, socialmedia, socialmediaimpact, socialmediapsychology, virality

Aired Feb 8, 2023 Moral panics are not uncommon. Back in the 1980’s there was a moral panic over the game Dungeons and Dragons. Some parents believed D&D was the work of the devil, a gateway to joining a Satanic cult. It wasn’t “but this didn’t stop people from worrying about it,” says my guest…
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Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans

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January 6, 2023

David Beckemeyer

mediabias, outrage, outragemedia, polarization, Political Science, politicalanalysis, politicalcartoons, politicalcommentary, politicalhumor, politicalmemes, politicalnews, politicalphilosophy, politicalpolarization, politicalscience, politicaltheory, politics

Aired Jan 25, 2023 I first reached out to Sean Evans because he wrote an article about Ways to Stay Out of the Culture of Outrage. However, when we met I got interested in hearing from a political scientist to get the political science perspective regarding some of the themes we often discuss on the…
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Outrage 008 – How social media creates incentives for out-group animosity – Steven Rathje

Outrage 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray

Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans

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Outrage 77 – Issue Salience Polarization: Why We Disagree About What Matters – Adrienne Kafka & Troy Campbell

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

Outrage 006 – How virality results in moral panics – Kurt Gray

Outrage 004 – Why political parties in America cater less to moderate and independent voters – Sean Evans

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