Jon Ronson
Mon 25 May 2015
Hay Festival
So, You鈥檝e Been Publicly Shamed鈥�
Jon Ronson was prompted into looking at public shaming after his own online identity was stolen in 2012. He met famous shamers and shamees to discover how public ridicule and vitriol can devastate the victim, and to uncover the true reasons behind the rise in public shaming. In a Hay festival special show he asks 鈥� why do we do it and how does it affect the shamed?
Jon Ronson was prompted into looking at public shaming after his own online identity was stolen in 2012. He met famous shamers and shamees to discover how public ridicule and vitriol can devastate the victim, and to uncover the true reasons behind the rise in public shaming. In a Hay festival special show he asks 鈥� why do we do it and how does it affect the shamed?
