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Ed Coper

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The ‘angertainment’ trap: Why you can’t stop clicking on things that make you mad

In exploiting the human instinct to seek threat, online “rage bait” is dividing society. Is it time it came with a warning label?

13.05.2026 10

WA Today

Ed Coper

The ‘angertainment’ trap: Why you can’t stop clicking on things that make you mad

In exploiting the human instinct to seek threat, online “rage bait” is dividing society. Is it time it came with a warning label?

13.05.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ed Coper

The ‘angertainment’ trap: Why you can’t stop clicking on things that make you mad

In exploiting the human instinct to seek threat, online “rage bait” is dividing society. Is it time it came with a warning label?

13.05.2026 10

The Age

Ed Coper

The ‘angertainment’ trap: Why you can’t stop clicking on things that make you mad

In exploiting the human instinct to seek threat, online “rage bait” is dividing society. Is it time it came with a warning label?

13.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Ed Coper

Trump was a joke, until he wasn't: We should learn

The only positive I took from Donald Trump’s shock victory in the 2016 US presidential election was that I was able to collect on a wager I had...

04.03.2026 30

The New Daily

Ed Coper

Why the biggest threat to net zero is right-wing misinformation

The social licence of renewables is being attacked by professional and heavily resourced networks with a vested interest in delaying the energy...

23.09.2025 20

Financial Review

Ed Coper

MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election

The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.

01.05.2025 30

WA Today

Ed Coper

MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election

The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.

01.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ed Coper

MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election

The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.

01.05.2025 30

The Age

Ed Coper

MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election

The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.

01.05.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Ed Coper