Cancel culture, discourse and epistemic progress

• Main Author: Ng, Rin Jiamin
• Other Authors: Preston Huw Richards Greene
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::Philosophy; Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153058
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancel culture is an emerging phenomenon in the online space. Defenders argue that cancel culture is a tool for empowerment while critics argue that cancel culture is a form of unjust punishment that causes harm to innocent individuals across business, economy, politics and media. The effect of canc...