Is That Angry User on Your Facebook Feed a Psychopath?

Is That Angry User on Your Facebook Feed a Psychopath?Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1719, Segment 5

Oct 28, 2021 • 14m

We’ve all probably said something on social media that was maybe a little more emotional or blunt than we should have. Those sites seem to be engineered to trigger emotional reactions. But some people seem to thrive on stirring things up and harassing others. What is up with those people? Brigham Young University communications professor Scott Church has some recent survey work that gets inside the minds of Internet trolls. (Segment produced by James Hoopes)

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