Summary Of John Ronson Social Media

This specific Ted Talk points out some major issues that are going on in today’s society. Jon Ronson brings up some excellent points pertaining to how the social media can take one simple thing and misconstrued it and then proceed to blow it up way out of proportion. It was not only the subject matter on which he was discussing, but the way he was presenting the information that made it obvious which side of the argument he was one. Jon Ronson spoke with passion which as a viewer it made you hang on to every word he was saying. Ronson not only brings up social media in a whole, but he also shows the progression of specific events as well as how social media has changed since it was first created. Social media takes up a vast amount of people’s
With there being so many different opinions surrounding social media and the uses of it, there is definitely going to be a disagreement or two. The audience who would more than likely stand with Jon Ronson on this topic would be more of the older generation that really do not understand what social media is or the impact it can have on a generation. Another group who would more than likely be victims of internet shaming. Most of the time when one has personally experienced the effects of shaming, whether it be online or in day to day life, they will not take part in the shaming. There is always another side to look at, and in this case there is the side of the people who do not agree with this argument. Those individuals are more than likely to be taking a prat in online shaming, not truly understanding the impact of what they
This is a perfect use of ethos. When a viewer is told something like this majority of time they take the person at their word. It also helped his case with the way he presented himself, as a person who knew what he was talking about. The way he used ethos played into the way he used the pathos, he hit you with the ways that online shaming personally impacted Justine Sacco and how she lost her job due to the shaming. When he mentioned that you felt bad for her, but Jon Ronson hit you even harder when he mentioned her dad. Because it was no longer just effecting her it was having an effect on her families’ name and reputation. Even though the use ethos and pathos are big in the forming of a good speech there is also the use of logos. Jon Ronson clearly points out his argument, and his stance on the matter at hand. Jon Ronson points out a couple of the tweets that went way to far; “I'm actually kind of hoping Justine Sacco gets aids? Lol”. (Ronson, 2015) Some responding Tweets went as far as saying that she should get raped and contract aids, or that she should be killed. Tweets like this as they say just puts nails into the coffin of Ronsons’ argument, that it just seals his already solid argument. Those examples are only a few of the hateful and malicious things that were said surrounding this