So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Now a New York Times bestseller and from the author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our worlds most underappreciated forces shame.Its about the terror, isnt it?The terror of what? I said.The terror of being found out.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 theyre being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job.A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land.