Motivated Outrage. Are We Drawn Toward Political Anger?

• In Event: Thinking of Others... Or Just Yourself

Brief Overview

It often seems like politics is getting angrier, more uncivil and drawn to moral outrage. We test, what we call "motivated outrage" in a pre-registered experiment: Are people more drawn towards anger than fear and is this motivated by partisanship?

Authors

• Isabella Rebasso, University of Amsterdam

• Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University