The social media hive mind is as fast as it is vicious. Say or do something triggering and you could find yourself going viral and getting canceled.听
鈥淭he common definition of cancel culture is that it鈥檚 a form of public shaming. Sociologically, it鈥檚 society鈥檚 way of regulating itself. When we cancel somebody, you鈥檙e making a moral judgment,鈥 says Nicole C. Curato, a Professor of Political Sociology at Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. 鈥淭he key to understanding cancel culture is that there鈥檚 an element of unmet expectation.鈥
In this听B-Side听episode, Ms. Curato tells former听大象传媒听reporter Marielle C. Lucenio what it means to get canceled and whether businesses should risk taking a political stand knowing that they could face backlash.
Nina Ellaine Dizon-Cabrera, founder and chief executive officer of Colourette Cosmetics, also shares what it was like when Twitter tried to cancel her in November 2020, after she used the hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo.
Recorded remotely in February 2022. Produced by and Sam L. Marcelo.
