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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
Really?
I don't get why people cry during movies when they know it's scripted. I don't understand why people get excited when they watch sporting events since they aren't playing the game, nor necessarily watching it live. I don't understand why some people get upset over an injustice when it isn't against them personally.
Just because someone might not be personally or physically involved in something doesn't mean they can't or shouldn't care about it or be emotionally involved in it.
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(ASTalumna can explain if necessary but) I thought ASTalumna is talking about the level of uncertainty, lack of information, misinformation, and doubt for these cases from the outside. Perhaps ASTalumna chose the least over-the-top posts to respond to. LOL.
As for these trials, we only know what the media tells us. Like ASTalumna said, opinions are opinions and strong opinions are strong opinions. But, how far some people go with this can be interesting from a research perspective. That is why researchers studied the crazy response to the O.J. Simpson trial and are studying the response to the Casey Anthony trial. These responses are about more than perceived injustices. There are race, gender, social class and other correlates.
As for movies and sports, those require more of a surface level knowledge and a surface level emotional response. You see what you see, the end. Research shows that media outlets like movie and sports are a resource for relieving stress and being emotional over ridiculous things. If the response to these trials is also surface level in terms of knowledge and simply a media outlet similar to movies and sports then that supports what ASTalumna is saying.
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