From the sunday times top ten bestselling author of the psychopath test, a brilliant and hilarious book exploring the consequences of public shaming. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. It all starts when ronson notices that someone else is tweeting under his name. In his new book, so youve been publicly shamed, the welsh journalist and humorist. Buy so youve been publicly shamed by ronson, jon isbn. How one stupid tweet blew up justine saccos life the. Even people who dont participate in social web sites may fall victim to other peoples anger. These people are manipulative assholes, read the third. So youve been publicly shamed from the internationally bestselling author of the psychopath test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our worlds most overlooked forces.
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Im writing a book about public shaming, i told clive. Today, according to jon ronsons excellent new book so youve been publicly shamed, the internet has taken the place of the pillory, and judgment is handed down by the masses through social media. A powerful and rewarding read, a book utterly of the moment. So youve been publicly shamed somebody should make alternate twitter accounts of all of those ass clowns and constantly post about their strong desire for child porn, read the next comment. I enjoyed both ronsons musical welsh accent as well as his narrative. So you ve been publicly shamed is a work worth reading. Mar 12, 2015 so youve been publicly shamed by jon ronson 288pp, picador, telegraph offer price. Jon ronson, so youve been publicly shamed jon ronson is an amazing writer. Jon ronsons so youve been publicly shamed the new york. So youve been publicly shamed by jon ronson unfiltered. With citizen justice were bringing public shame back in a big way.
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