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Outraged - Ashley 'Dotty' Charles




Description

Ours is a society where many exploit the outrage of others in order to gain power - and we all too quickly take the bait. But by shouting about everything, we are in fact creating a world where outrage is without consequence.

There is still much to be outraged by in our final frontier, but in order to enact change and become more effective online, we must learn to channel our responses.

This is the essential guide to living through the age of outrage.



Review

I don't think I was really the target audience for this book. My idea of outrage is more along the Victor Meldrew vein, and I never engage in outrage on Twitter. However, I did like the style of writing, certainly humorous whilst getting the point across. 

Mainly set around outrage on Twitter the book looks at people such as Katie Hopkins and Piers Morgan who often incite outrage and holds a telephone interview with Katie. She also looks at some past news stories and debates whether people are right to be outraged or not.

Only 176 pages so not an overlong read, although at times the same ground did seem to be covered more than once. At times thought provoking and definitely interesting to read the real life experiences of the author herself. 

I'm giving this book 3 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Pigeonhole for the daily staves to read and review.

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