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The Reaction Economy

The LRB Podcast

CHAPTER

The Reaction Economy of Social Media

There is an actual financial, economic, calculus going on behind it all as well. I think obviously some people have mastered a capacity to react to things in an engaging way. There has been troll type figures prior to social media. Piers Morgan understands that what will continue to keep him in the media and earning money by getting angry about Meghan Markle or something like that.

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