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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> |
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| + | The notion of cancel culture is a variant on the term ''call-out culture'' and constitutes a form of [[boycott]]ing or [[shunning]] involving an individual (often a celebrity) who is deemed to have acted or spoken in a questionable or controversial manner.<ref name="MW" /><ref name="Sills">{{Cite journal |last1=Sills |first1=Sophie |last2=Pickens |first2=Chelsea |last3=Beach |first3=Karishma |last4=Jones |first4=Lloyd |last5=Calder-Dawe |first5=Octavia |last6=Benton-Greig |first6=Paulette |last7=Gavey |first7=Nicola |date=March 23, 2016 |title=Rape culture and social media: young critics and a feminist counterpublic |journal=Feminist Media Studies |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=935–951 |doi=10.1080/14680777.2015.1137962 |s2cid=147023782}}</ref><ref name="Munro">{{Cite journal |last=Munro |first=Ealasaid |date=August 23, 2013 |title=Feminism: A Fourth Wave? |url=https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/feminism-fourth-wave |url-status=live |journal=Political Insight |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=22–25 |doi=10.1111/2041-9066.12021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210124315/https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/feminism-fourth-wave |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |s2cid=142990260}}</ref><ref name="Yar">{{Cite news |last1=Yar |first1=Sanam |last2=Bromwich |first2=Jonah Engel |date=October 31, 2019 |title=Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/style/cancel-culture.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601235105/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/style/cancel-culture.html |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Bromwich">{{Cite news |last=Bromwich |first=Jonah Engel |date=June 28, 2018 |title=Everyone Is Canceled |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/style/is-it-canceled.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813135512/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/style/is-it-canceled.html |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</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> |
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Revision as of 15:28, 9 October 2021
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]
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