Anger as an Instrument for Policing In-Group Norms

• In Event: Anger, Anxiety, and Politics

Brief Overview

Political elites use anger for a variety of reasons. In this paper, we show how political elites can use angry rhetoric to police in-group norms and attitudes about salient political events.

Authors

• Carey Stapleton, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Stefani Rene Langehennig, University of Denver