We know the online world is full of angry comments, but why are we so compelled to keep scrolling despite our best intentions? And how is it shaping our politics?
Ed Copper is a political consultant and communications consultant who works to harness the social media outrage machine he calls ‘engertainment’. And while there’s no doubt that it’s shaping political strategy now, especially on the right side of politics, Copper says there’s an antidote to all that outrage—one that could get us back to the days of constructive dialogue.
He talks to Reged Ahmed about his new book Engertainment: How Social Media Outrages Ruined Everything
