So you've been publicly shamed /
Ronson, Jon, 1967-,
So you've been publicly shamed / So you have been publicly shamed Jon Ronson. - 290 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290).
Braveheart -- I'm glad I'm not that -- The wilderness -- God, that was awesome -- Man descends several rungs in the ladder of civilization -- Doing something good -- Journey to a shame-free paradise -- The shame-eradication workshop -- A town abuzz over prostitution and a client list -- The near drowning of Mike Daisey -- The man who can change the Google search results -- The terror -- Raquel in a post-shaming world -- Cats and ice cream and music -- Your speed.
For three years, Jon Ronson traveled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us, people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly or made a mistake at work. Once the transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane and the next thing they know, they're being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job. A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice, but what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people's faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control.
1594487138 (hardback) 9781594487132 (hardback)
2014038382
Internet and activism.
Interpersonal relations.
Scandals--Case studies.
Shame--Case studies.
Social control.
Social media.
So you've been publicly shamed / So you have been publicly shamed Jon Ronson. - 290 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290).
Braveheart -- I'm glad I'm not that -- The wilderness -- God, that was awesome -- Man descends several rungs in the ladder of civilization -- Doing something good -- Journey to a shame-free paradise -- The shame-eradication workshop -- A town abuzz over prostitution and a client list -- The near drowning of Mike Daisey -- The man who can change the Google search results -- The terror -- Raquel in a post-shaming world -- Cats and ice cream and music -- Your speed.
For three years, Jon Ronson traveled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us, people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly or made a mistake at work. Once the transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane and the next thing they know, they're being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job. A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice, but what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people's faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control.
1594487138 (hardback) 9781594487132 (hardback)
2014038382
Internet and activism.
Interpersonal relations.
Scandals--Case studies.
Shame--Case studies.
Social control.
Social media.