Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how

  • Written by Jennifer Forestal, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago
In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and howPublic shaming can help uphold online community norms.bo feng/iStock via Getty Images

“Cancel culture” has a bad reputation. There is growing anxiety over this practice of publicly shaming people online for violating social norms ranging from inappropriate jokes to controversial business practices.

Online shaming can be a wildly...

Read more: In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political...

More Articles ...

  1. Indian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism
  2. Grizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals
  3. Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
  4. Drugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how
  5. Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity
  6. The US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal
  7. Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing
  8. Trump’s New York felony charges are going to trial – what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off
  9. Germany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world
  10. Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more