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Moral Outrage Networks, The Sociology of Digital Anger (2026)
Peter Ayolov, Moral Outrage Networks: The Sociology of Digital Anger (2026) Moral Outrage Networks: The Sociology of Digital Anger continues and deepens Peter Ayolov’s earlier work The Economic Policy of Online Media (2023), in which he developed the theory of the Manufacture of Dissent and outlined the Propaganda 2.1 Model as an update to classical propaganda theory under conditions of platform capitalism. While the earlier book focused on the political economy of digital media and the monetisation of dissent, this new volume turns decisively toward the emotional infrastructure that makes such systems viable. Ayolov now advances a more fundamental claim: moral anger is not merely exploited by digital media systems but constitutes one of the basic structural conditions of morality itself, and therefore of social life in networked societies.
By Peter Ayolov6 days ago in BookClub
The Economic Policy of Online Media: Manufacture of Dissent
Peter Ayolov’s The Economic Policy of Online Media: Manufacture of Dissent is best read as a political economy of attention written from inside the contemporary media machine: a study of how dissent is not simply reported, represented, or ‘allowed’, but produced as a monetisable output of platform capitalism. The book’s organising intuition is both simple and unsettling. In the online environment, conflict is not a malfunction of communication; it is a business model. What appears to users as spontaneous outrage, grassroots polarisation, or organic ‘culture war’ is, at scale, a routinised industrial process—engineered through incentives, metrics, and infrastructures that reward emotional volatility and punish slow, careful public reasoning.
By Peter Ayolov6 days ago in BookClub
Down Syndrome Picture Books with Uplifting Stories for Kids
Some of the most important lessons children learn don’t come from a lecture—they come from a story that makes them feel something. A character they root for. A family moment that feels familiar. A small problem that gets solved with love and patience. That’s why Down syndrome picture books matter so much: they help kids understand inclusion in the most natural way possible—through everyday life, friendship, and belonging.
By Shelley Smith Adams7 days ago in BookClub
When Success Isn’t Enough:
Joseph G. Motley did not write Unlocking Your Greatest You because he lacked discipline, opportunity, or ambition. He wrote it because he discovered that checking every box society hands out does not automatically lead to peace. Known as Coach Mot, Motley built a life many people strive for. He worked hard, provided for his family, and achieved professional stability. On paper, his story looked complete. Internally, it felt unfinished.
By Elisa Smith7 days ago in BookClub
A Year In: Trump’s Second-Term Economy Shows Growth Without Jobs
Donald Trump One year into Donald Trump’s second presidency, the U.S. economy looks both familiar and different. Growth has continued, consumers are still spending, and inflation has cooled modestly. But beneath the headline numbers, cracks are visible — particularly in the labor market.
By Organic Products 10 days ago in BookClub
There Is Only One True Unreliable Narrator...
The unreliable narrator: A new trend in the literary fiction world, usually also falling under the category of unlikeable narrator and plotless fiction. I think, in many ways, the tiktok-afication of this term has pulled it away from what it actually means and is often used as a synonym for an unlikeable narrator.
By The Austen Shelf11 days ago in BookClub
My New Book is Finally Here. Top Story - January 2026.
My poetry collection Beautiful and Brutal Things is done. It's actually done and finally published over 270 pages. Over a year of my life went into this book. More than a year, really. Long days at my computer, sometimes seven days a week because I couldn't stop even when I probably should have. Then two months of editing that felt harder than the writing itself. But it's finished, and I'm still standing, and the book is real.
By Tim Carmichael16 days ago in BookClub
TYLER ROBINSON . AI-Generated.
JOHN BROWN V. HITLER High Legal Threshold Not Met In a world often divided by prejudice and misunderstanding, the meeting of two seemingly opposing figures, Tyler and Charlie, became a pivotal moment in their lives. Tyler, known for his compassionate heart, found himself in a position that challenged his beliefs and values. Charlie, who had lived a life filled with controversy and conflict, represented a past that many wished to forget. Yet, in this extraordinary encounter, Tyler saw an opportunity for redemption and forgiveness that could transcend their differences.
By Organic Products 16 days ago in BookClub
The Painter of the Void
Dedication To the unknown creators, the artists who spill their blood upon canvas, the writers who pour their souls onto pages, the musicians who translate their inner torments into melodies—this book is dedicated to you. To those who understand the exquisite pain of creation, the terrifying beauty of exposure, and the persistent pull of the shadow-self that lurks at the edge of every masterpiece.
By LUCCIAN LAYTH18 days ago in BookClub
