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Stranger Shaming or Modern Version of Public Humiliation

Posted on 20th March 2017 by Pivec

Stranger shaming is an act of (secretly) taking pictures of strangers in public spaces and posting them to social media sites later. They are taken without permission of people being photographed to document their activity or appearance which is neither illegal, nor offensive but to the photographer, they seem socially inappropriate, morally wrong or just a way to mock someone publicly. Strangers do something that the photographer – who feels superior to them or their behaviour – disapproves of.

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Posted in body, discrimination, media | Tagged body, shaming, social media