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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