Online Shaming | Sue Scheff

Shame Nation Reviews

by SueScheff | Aug 9, 2018 | Cyberbullying, Online Reputation, Online Shaming, Parent Shaming

Shame Nation Trade Reviews Trade Review from Library Journal Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate. Sourcebooks. Oct. 2017. 332p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781492648994. $25.99. SOC SCI Shame Nation is primarily a...

Online Shaming: The Real People

by SueScheff | Aug 8, 2018 | Cyberbullying, Internet Defamation, Online Reputation, Online Shaming, Public Shaming

The Real People: The Targets of Online Shaming This isn’t about exploiting people, it’s about helping those that have been quietly suffering believing that no one understands their pain. We do. After I wrote Google Bomb...

Surviving Online Shaming and Hate

by SueScheff | Jul 29, 2018 | Online Shaming, Sue Scheff

Surviving Online Shaming and Hate 5 Ways to overcome online shame Cyberbullying has become a sadly familiar headline, but it’s not just child’s play—more and more adults are falling victim to online abuse, too. A 2017 PEW...

Teacher Shaming

by SueScheff | Jul 29, 2018 | Online Reputation, Online Shaming

Teacher Shaming Good teachers can make bad digital choices We are facing a crisis where people from all walks of life are in jeopardy of losing their jobs, risking college acceptances/scholarships and even relationships due to careless online posts,...

Rise of Shame Nation

by SueScheff | Jul 29, 2018 | Cyberbullying, Online Safety, Online Shaming

Rise of Shame Nation and Cyberbullying Whenever I see these headlines about youth taking their lives and the word bullying or cyberbullying attached to it, I want to cringe. The fact is, it’s sad we need headlines to remind us to continue...

Becoming An Upstander

by SueScheff | Jul 29, 2018 | Online Shaming

Upstanders: Why We’re All In This Together Almost half of 1,089 11 to 25-year-olds questioned for the Safety Net report had experienced threatening or nasty social media messages, emails or texts. Two-thirds said they...

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