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Ed Coper

@edcoper.bsky.social
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Author: 'Angertainment': 'Facts & Other Lies'. Politics; social impact; disinformation; digital narratives. Founder, impactcomms.org & Populares.co

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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Calling something “Orwellian censorship” is just one of the many sure-fire ways to get noticed by algorithms. They love a reductive argument stripped of reality, and lashed with emotive exaggeration. My op ed in today's @australia.theguardian.com #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Orwellian machinery critics are desperate to protect is the algorithms, not laws that seek to reduce harm | Ed Coper
Critics of Australia’s digital duty of care bill stand in defence of the right of platforms to promote harm over health, rage over reason, and fake over fact
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Reged Ahmad @regedahmad.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@edcoper.bsky.social in the #FullStory studio on his new book 'Angertainment'. It covers all things social media outrage, why there's so much of it, how everyone is trying to game the attention economy and what he thinks needs to change. @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The politics of an online outrage industry – podcast
Reged Ahmad speaks to author and political adviser Ed Coper about why everyone is so angry online and how that rage is being harnessed by politicians
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The State Library of NSW is turning 200, and to celebrate the Sydney Writers Festival is putting on FREE events featuring local authors! On Oct 10 I'll be in conversation with Craig Reucassel about #angertainment Reserve your seats: www.swf.org.au/program/out-...
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Reged Ahmad @regedahmad.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Tomorrow on #FullStory we'll bring you an interview with Ed Coper as we talk about his new book 'Angertainment'. We cover Ed's thoughts on how outrage on social media spreads, why it's so potent, the political downsides and the possible solutions. @australia.theguardian.com
Ed and Reged sit at a table smiling behind microphones with a copy of the book on the desk and notes on the table. There are also glasses of water.
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Great to chat to regedahmad.bsky.social on Full Story australia.theguardian.com podcast, about understanding the outrage economy. Listen wherever you usually do that for podcasts, or here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
ICYMI: Superb 3RRR #SpinCycle convo by @jessielilley.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social & @rachelwithers.bsky.social with @edcoper.bsky.social on his new book "Angertainment". #auspol #USA #media #SocialMedia #BookSky #journalism www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/se...
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Segments: Spin Cycle: Talking 'Angertainment' with Ed Coper — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
Jess, Charlie and Rachel chat with digital strategist and author Ed Coper to discuss his book Angertainment, which unpacks who is manipulating and benefitting from the online anger economy. In a world...
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Had a great chat about Angertainment with @markgkenny.bsky.social and @marijataflaga.bsky.social on Australia's best #auspol podcast, tune in wherever you usually do that for podcasts
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My thoughts in today's Guardian on why TV Karl is so different from Podcast Karl: the platform incentives that drive angertainment
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we’ll be chatting with @edcoper.bsky.social about his new book Angertainment. Plus we’re putting bets on how long before Karl joins Russel and Pete in a conservative grift boy band. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social from 7pm
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
26 years ago last month, I copped a London policeman's baton. Why is this relevant today? Find out in this edited extract of Angertainment in @australia.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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‘In a crowd, it feels good when we do bad to our enemies’: how anger becomes contagious
Usually, individuals don’t want to be angry. In a group, however, negative emotions can rile the tribe. On the streets of London, Ed Coper felt it first hand
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Very privileged to have been invited onto Australia's premier podcast/radio program, ABC Conversations. Had a great chat to the legend Richard Fidler about Angertainment, and the story of social media outrage it tells. Have a listen where you get your podcasts, or: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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'Angertainment', algorithms and the online outrage industry - ABC listen
Political advisor Ed Coper on the cold-blooded machine that is feeding angry people angry content online to make them even angrier, and what we can do about it. Ed Coper is a political advisor and co...
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🤬 OUT TODAY! 🤬 Angertainment: How Social Media Outrage Ruined Everything Angertainment is about a scary new power and what we can do about it. Available in all good bookstores/audio/ebookstores: simonandschuster.com.au/books/Angert... #angertainment #auspol #socialmedia #disinformation
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Only 2 weeks until Angertainment is released! But why wait? This Saturday's Good Weekend in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social & @theageaustralia.bsky.social is running an edited extract to whet your appetite. Can't wait until Saturday? The online version is already up! www.smh.com.au/national/the...
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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?
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Pauline Hanson follows the same playbook all surging far-right politicians are doing worldwide: they win the battle for our attention. My thoughts on why One Nation is ascendent in the polls. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Trump was a joke, until he wasn't – what Australians must learn
By wondering how One Nation can potentially win an election, the media may help make it a self-fulfilling prophecy — just as it did for Trump.
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Without social licence, forget net zero, I write in today's Australian Financial Review. "The government likes to talk about road maps, but what happens when there’s someone intentionally putting pot holes in the road, or worse – digging it up entirely?" www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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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 transition.
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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The Morning Show on Reels
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The alarm bell I am ringing in today's @sydmorningherald.bsky.social: social licence on renewables cannot be taken for granted. Incredibly, the anti-renewables movement has outspent the federal Liberal Party account this election on social media ads. www.smh.com.au/national/mag...
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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.
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I've been ringing the alarm bell for the last 2 years, trying to disinfect with sunlight those trying to MAGA-fy Australia. Please read this long-form piece on how bad actors here have - as I'm quoted in the headline saying - "copied the MAGA model" here. www.smh.com.au/national/cop...
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‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richest
The Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation.
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Vote early and vote often
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Jokes AND politics!!
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Ed Coper @edcoper.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The story of how I shamed my old friend Leo, while his boss remakes his image to impress MAGA. My op ed in today's @australia.theguardian.com
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The new public square is fact-free social media – and it couldn’t come at a worse time for Australia | Ed Coper
Navigating the next 100 days of Australian politics online will require sharp teeth to discern fact from fiction
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