The Rise of Shaming

In a recent post, we touched on the phenomenon of “cancel culture,” in which social media users cancel a person or company for harmful words of behavior. Cancel culture is just a variation on the broader approach of online public shaming, or calling someone out. As a way to dictate or correct behavior, public shaming … Read more

What is Cancel Culture

These days, you may have heard about what’s being called the “cancel culture.” One of the latest movements on social media, especially Twitter, cancel culture describes a segment of people that use such platforms to call out those who they feel are in the wrong about something. However, as cancellations target and/or affect more and … Read more