The age-old maxim goes, "if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention". This has never been more applicable. Nothing drives social media engagement like outrage and social media platforms have embraced models designed to inflame and spark anger. The success of positive social and political movements like #MeToo and the Arab Spring largely stem from social media outrage but is it a positive societal force, or a dangerous sociological weapon that can destroy as fast as it creates?
Social media outrage is good
Social media outrage spurs political change by increasing political and social participation.
Social media outrage drives political change
Social media outrage empowers social movements which drive political change.
