A survey by i b m and npr found that 84 % of respondents said they felt americans are angrier than a generation ago. 29% of respondents say they get angry often when they check the news, 31% says they get angry sometimes when they check social media. ignoring things that make us upset is an emotion regulation strategy called attention deployment. If you just ignore this thing that's being done to you, you're going to, in the long run, suffer. Ange: Why do people read and watch and follow things that they know will make them angry?