Moral outrage online substitutes for confronting offenders in person
Evidence
We know from previous research that highly emotional content such as this is more likely to go viral as it tends to cause ‘moral outrage’ or the tendency for people to express their anger online at offensive material (a much easier option than confronting someone face to face, in the real world). — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 456
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Online moral outrage often targets individuals not responsible for the harms cited — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 371; Electronic harms carried out remotely escape personal moral control because outcomes stay diffuse — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 477; Technical remoteness from victims enables moral substitution — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 459 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Online moral outrage often targets individuals not responsible for the harms cited
#expands(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 371 - Technical remoteness from victims enables moral substitution
#expands(0.80) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 459 - Electronic harms carried out remotely escape personal moral control because outcomes stay diffuse
#expands(0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 477 - Chronic outrage erodes the ability to grade disagreement by real danger
#complicates(0.72) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 380