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"This is the perfect time for a modern-day Scarlet Letter--a radically empathetic book about public shaming, and about shaming as a form of social control. It has become such a big part of our lives it has begun to feel weird and empty when there isn't anyone to be furious about. Whole careers are being ruined by one mistake. A transgression is revealed. Our collective outrage at it has the force of a hurricane. t Then we all quickly forget about it and move on to the next one, and i doesn't cross our minds to wonder if the shamed person is okay or in ruins. What's it doing to them? What's it doing to us?"--
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson
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- Released
- 2016
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jon Ronson
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0330492292
- ISBN13
- 9780330492294
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Psychology, Technology, Sociology, Journalism, Loss, Criticism, Guilt, Responsibility, Twitter
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- "This is the perfect time for a modern-day Scarlet Letter--a radically empathetic book about public shaming, and about shaming as a form of social control. It has become such a big part of our lives it has begun to feel weird and empty when there isn't anyone to be furious about. Whole careers are being ruined by one mistake. A transgression is revealed. Our collective outrage at it has the force of a hurricane. t Then we all quickly forget about it and move on to the next one, and i doesn't cross our minds to wonder if the shamed person is okay or in ruins. What's it doing to them? What's it doing to us?"--