Meaning of outrage porn | Babel Free

Definitions

Media that is written in order to provoke feelings of outrage and righteous indignation.

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“Holonym: outrage culture”

“Near-synonym: ragebait”

“You can't write a Salon outrage porn piece without the word "problematic" being in the first couple of paragraphs somewhere.”

“Anger is being exploited by TRP-driven purveyors of outrage porn, to strike at all possible newsworthy targets.”

“However, all of the above examples reflect the growth of "outrage porn" in contemporary social media, or stories that feed popular anger and indignation, and which sometimes lead to powerful action.”

“Outrage porn is not new. Similar to those who shame and publicly air their grievances today, the New Testament Pharisees were also known to look down on others with contempt.”

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