Shame Nation Book Special on Amazon
Amazon has been offering Shame Nation as a special price. Don't miss this opportunity, order your copy today and pick up one for a friend or relative! Internet safety, cyberbullying and bullying is a major concern for people of all ages. Whether you’re tween is being...
New Survey: Majority of Americans Believe POTUS Twitter Behavior is Inappropriate
For the average person we’re all a click away from digital disgrace, however some people seem to be immune to online shame or cyber-blunders. In a recent Economist/YouGov Poll, fewer than one in four Americans find the leader of our land’s Twitter behavior appropriate...
Monica Lewinsky Champion of Anti-Bullying “In Real Life”
On October 9th, 2017, Monica Lewinsky debuted the most amazing PSA, In Real Life, a social experiment that puts people to the test -- of how they treat others in reality verses online. The results were struck a cord with people across the globe. Monica shared in...
The Ugly Side of Internet Trolls
We've had studies in 2017 reveal that anyone can be a troll -- Stanford University survey said that under the right circumstances, and we could use our keypad as target practice to innocent people. In Shame Nation, researcher of online harassment, Lindsay Blackwell...
Baby Shaming: Insulting the Defenseless
From our U.S. Marines sharing nudes of their female colleagues, to the leader of our landmocking journalists and throwing insults on social media, we are witnessing a time when some adults are questionable role-models and civility is dipping both offline and...
When Public Shaming Seems to be Acceptable
As someone that experienced both Hurricane Andrew and Wilma in South Florida, the devastation can be literally terrifying. People are misplaced, homes are lost and (if you are an animal lover) your pets can be gone -- forever. It's simply a tragedy. Unless you have...
What Lady Gaga and Pink Teach Us About Bullying and Cyber-Shaming
Celebrities—males and especially females—are perhaps the biggest targets for online shaming. People (adults included) don’t stop at mocking these famous people, they taunt their family members as we witnessed after Beyoncé and her four-year old daughter, Blue Ivy,...
What Celebrities Teach Us From Online Shaming
Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, Amy Schumer, Ariel Winter, Melissa McCarthy, Adele, Chris Pratt, Anne Hathaway.... the list could go on and on. The fact is no one, no matter how rich and famous you are, is immune to online shaming. What can we learn when we witness these...
Social Shaming: Judge Not, Lest You Be Judged
Religion and politics: Topics that should be avoided however in today's climate of online hate, it's almost impossible. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, featured co-author of Shame Nation, Melissa Schorr, in their segment, Naming and Shaming. The reality is, your...
Cyberbully in Chief: Most Americans Think POTUS Leads Online Cruelty
There are two topics I always stay clear of -- religion and politics. However a recent YouGov survey overwhelmingly points to our president and his online behavior -- as our country is rising in digital discourse, POTUS is now considered a chief in cyberbullying....