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'''Cancel culture''' or '''call-out culture''' is a modern form of [[Ostracism#Modern usage|ostracism]] in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on [[social media]], or in person. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled".<ref name="McDermott">{{Cite news |last=McDermott |first=John |date=November 2, 2019 |title=Those People We Tried to Cancel? They're All Hanging Out Together |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/style/what-is-cancel-culture.html |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|[[Merriam-Webster]] notes that to "cancel", in this context, means "to stop giving support to that person".<ref name="MW"/>{{pb}}[[Dictionary.com]], in its pop-culture dictionary, defines cancel culture as "withdrawing support for (''canceling'') public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive."<ref name=dictionary/>}} The expression "cancel culture" has mostly negative connotations and is commonly used in debates on [[Freedom of speech|free speech and censorship]].<ref name="Mishan3Dec2020">{{Cite news |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=December 3, 2020 |title=The Long and Tortured History of Cancel Culture |work=[[T (magazine)|T]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201204143436/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html |archive-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> |
'''Cancel culture''' or '''call-out culture''' is a modern form of [[Ostracism#Modern usage|ostracism]] in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on [[social media]], or in person. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled".<ref name="McDermott">{{Cite news |last=McDermott |first=John |date=November 2, 2019 |title=Those People We Tried to Cancel? They're All Hanging Out Together |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/style/what-is-cancel-culture.html |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>{{efn|[[Merriam-Webster]] notes that to "cancel", in this context, means "to stop giving support to that person".<ref name="MW"/>{{pb}}[[Dictionary.com]], in its pop-culture dictionary, defines cancel culture as "withdrawing support for (''canceling'') public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive."<ref name=dictionary/>}} The expression "cancel culture" has mostly negative connotations and is commonly used in debates on [[Freedom of speech|free speech and censorship]].<ref name="Mishan3Dec2020">{{Cite news |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=December 3, 2020 |title=The Long and Tortured History of Cancel Culture |work=[[T (magazine)|T]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201204143436/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html |archive-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> |
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Notably, many people claiming to have been "cancelled" often remain in power and continue their careers as before. Moreover, some cancellations have also been defended as exercising free speech and promoting accountability.<ref name="NewStatesman2020" /><ref name="Macleans2021" /><ref name="Olusoga2021" /> Others criticize cancel culture as creating a [[chilling effect]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McWhorter |first1=John |title=Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom |date=September 2020 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/academics-are-really-really-worried-about-their-freedom/615724/ |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref> |
Notably, many people claiming to have been "cancelled" often remain in power and continue their careers as before. Moreover, some cancellations have also been defended as exercising free speech and promoting accountability.<ref name="NewStatesman2020" /><ref name="Macleans2021" /><ref name="Olusoga2021" /> Others criticize cancel culture as creating a [[chilling effect]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McWhorter |first1=John |title=Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom |date=September 2020 |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/academics-are-really-really-worried-about-their-freedom/615724/ |access-date=30 July 2021}}</ref> |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOIm6Ka9KdA NYT Admits Cancel Culture Is OUT OF CONTROL, Liberals Go Into Full DENIAL: Robby Soave] by The Hill on YouTube |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOIm6Ka9KdA NYT Admits Cancel Culture Is OUT OF CONTROL, Liberals Go Into Full DENIAL: Robby Soave] by The Hill on YouTube |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtb-Enaz-Y Joe Rogan UNCANCELLABLE? Host Claims He Gained 2M Subscribers At Peak Of BACKLASH] by The Hill on YouTube. Starting from 2:49 Robby Soave makes a case against the argument that cancel culture does not exist as it can be economically beneficial for the cancelled. |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtb-Enaz-Y Joe Rogan UNCANCELLABLE? Host Claims He Gained 2M Subscribers At Peak Of BACKLASH] by The Hill on YouTube. Starting from 2:49 Robby Soave makes a case against the argument that cancel culture does not exist as it can be economically beneficial for the cancelled. |
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Revision as of 21:52, 27 November 2022
Cancel culture or call-out culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled".[1]Template:Efn The expression "cancel culture" has mostly negative connotations and is commonly used in debates on free speech and censorship.[2]
The notion of cancel culture is a variant on the term call-out culture and constitutes a form of boycotting or shunning involving an individual (often a celebrity) who is deemed to have acted or spoken in a questionable or controversial manner.[3][4][5][6][7]
Notably, many people claiming to have been "cancelled" often remain in power and continue their careers as before. Moreover, some cancellations have also been defended as exercising free speech and promoting accountability.[8][9][10] Others criticize cancel culture as creating a chilling effect.[11]
External Links
- NYT Admits Cancel Culture Is OUT OF CONTROL, Liberals Go Into Full DENIAL: Robby Soave by The Hill on YouTube
- Joe Rogan UNCANCELLABLE? Host Claims He Gained 2M Subscribers At Peak Of BACKLASH by The Hill on YouTube. Starting from 2:49 Robby Soave makes a case against the argument that cancel culture does not exist as it can be economically beneficial for the cancelled.
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