Rebecca's Thoughts

Mini Book Review!!
Originally in Beginners Guide to Non Fiction (top 15 ish)

So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – Jon Ronson
culture, social media, sociology, politics

Goodreads Synopsis:
For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled 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 their 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. People are using shame as a form of social control.

I’d honestly read anything this man writes. I think he has such an interesting way of telling stories and his gonzo style of research and writing is engaging and fun. I think this book also has a lot of interesting things to say about social media and the people whose lives it effects. I think the people Jon was able to talk to and the discussions he has with them are fascinating and have such interesting takes on social media. Its a super easy book to read and is thoroughly engaging.

This book explores a lot of ideas like greed, compassion, and anger leading to conversations that are very nuanced and something not really heard about social media. I think this book brings fourth a lot of ideas that might effects peoples relationships with the internet and I think these are important conversations to have!

Other books I’d recommend from the author:
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Them: Adventures with Extremists
The Debutante (Audible Original)