Analysis: Jealousy, anger and a quest for online notoriety are just some the factors driving the bitter online response to the fate of the Titan submersible.
This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows the submersible vessel Titan, which imploded during a voyage to visit the wreckage of the Titanic last week. All five people on board died.
When a news story has all the hallmarks of a Hollywood thriller — billionaire characters, a mysterious adventure gone wrong a massive search as the clock ticks down to zero oxygen — it is difficult to look away. Some say the tidal wave of cynical sentiment and bad jokes in social media that accompanied the coverage, and still persists, is, or pleasure people get by celebrating others' misfortune.
They were essentially "very, very rich people" pushing the limits of what's possible, and perhaps what's ethical to do, said Yotam Ophir, head of the Media Effects, Misinformation and Extremism lab at the University of Buffalo. It's easy for people to imagine all that money could have been used for a more noble purpose, he said.
"I think they find that there's the kind of opportunity to maybe perform their social identity, and part of their social identity is often resisting, again, the deep inequalities in wealth."Who should pay rising cost of finding the Titan submersible?The price tag to find the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible keeps growing as efforts now shift to recovering wreckage. Ships, planes and other resources poured in from multiple countries including Canada, the U.
While seeing people make fun of the situation unfolding off the coast of Newfoundland, people may have learned something about the tragedy in the Mediterranean, which they may not otherwise have heard about, Myrick said.How did the search for a sunken migrant vessel off Greece compare with the efforts to find the Titan?Rutledge, who holds a doctorate in psychology with a specialization in media technology. pointed out anyone can make a point in social media without accountability.
Conservative MP and former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole was given a standing ovation as he delivered his final speech in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill on June 12.
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