social sanctioning

Public shaming can help uphold online community norms. bo feng/iStock via Getty Images     By Jennifer Forestal, Loyola University Chicago   “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 disproportionate response that violates the privacy of the shamed while offering them no […]