OUTRAGE AS LANGUAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISCOURSE: ANALYSINGPREVALENCE AND EFFECTS

Abstract

Through analysis of studies in the fields of communication, psychology, linguistics, and
computer science, this study examines the role of outrage in the discourse on social media
platforms, and its subsequent effect on the offline movements. A systematic literature review
was conducted of thirteen research papers after a thorough filtering process to identity the
most relevant papers for this study. Results show that there is an increased use of moral
emotional language in civic discourse online. Additionally, a relation has also been
established between the moral emotional language and support for violence offline. The
findings tell us how outrage is becoming a default language on social media and how it is
impacting our social and political culture