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The rhetoric of outrage : why social media is making us angry / Jeff Rice.

Summary:

"An accessible and important look at what is truly behind our digital outrage. On any given day, at any given hour, across the various platforms constituting what we call social media, someone is angry. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter. Reddit. 4Chan. In The Rhetoric of Outrage: Why Social Media is Making Us Angry Jeff Rice addresses the critical question of why anger has become the dominant digital response on social media. He examines the theoretical and rhetorical explanations for the intense rage that prevails across social media platforms, and sheds new light on how our anger isn't merely a reaction against singular events, but generated out of aggregated beliefs and ideas. Captivating, accessible, and exceedingly important, The Rhetoric of Outrage encourages readers to have the difficult conversations about what is truly behind their anger"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1643363980
ISBN: 9781643363981
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Outrage theory -- Affective outrage -- Technological outrage -- Digital outragicity -- Photographic outrage -- Algorithmic outrage -- Enthymemic outrage -- Epideictic outrage -- The discourse: an outrage conclusion.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2023).