A review by kacangmerah
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I breezed through this book because I skipped several chapters. Jon Ronson brought interesting concept about public shame. A chapter about his interview with Justin Sacco, which was also a TED video, still felt relevant today because of how online shame and bullying based on one post destroyed an individual (watch the TED video, it was very engaging, and Ronson is a good at storytelling). However, chapters that are not related to online shaming felt meandering and fragmented. Given the year when this book was published, I expected more discussion on online shaming and chapters that focused on that theme instead of reading about old court cases that felt too flimsy as the basis of his thesis. I gave three stars because of Ronson's engaging writing and the chapters that I truly enjoyed.

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