World of Tomorrow: Humanity in the Outernet

The Emotional Impacts of Being Publicly Shamed

Jon Ronson explains the emotional impact that public shaming has on individuals when it happens in a large scale. This is not to say that the same impacts do not happen on a small scale, though. Bullying, shaming, and humiliation on the Internet happen, in large part, due to dehumanization of the victim and a lack of empathy.

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