Cancel Culture in the Academia: The hispanic perspective

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Teresa Sádaba
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-5724
University of Navarra
Mónica Herrero
University of Navarra

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Although many cases of the so-called Cancel Culture in the American and British colleges and are taking place nowadays, social science researchers claim for a better understanding of the phenomenon and a clarification of the concept. In this context, cultural perspectives can be an interesting tool to illuminate facts and meanings. This paper tries to contribute to this debate introducing theoretical aspects as well as case studies from the Hispanic context. To achieve this goal, first three different approaches to the Cancel Culture (critical, institutional, and moral) are explained. Then, we examine the role of social media and the new “fear of isolation”, connecting Cancel Culture with the classic theory of the spiral of silence (Noelle-Neumann, 1974). We complement the theoretical discussion with an exploratory work on cases of Cancel Culture in different Hispanic countries. Observing characteristics of those cases we can conclude that they do not follow the traces of the Anglosaxon world, but they share some aspects of the culture of fear in the new digital context. This is the first academic work in this field for the situation in Latin America and Spain.

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Sádaba, T., & Herrero, M. (2022). Cancel Culture in the Academia: The hispanic perspective. methaodos.Revista De Ciências Sociais, 10(2), 312-321. https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v10i2.594
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Teresa Sádaba, University of Navarra

Full professor at the Department of Public Communication of the School of Communication, University of Navarra. She has a doctorate and a degree in Journalism from the University of Navarra with an extraordinary award, a degree in Political Science. Fulbright scholar at George Washington University. Research Lines: public opinion, framing theory, strategic communication, communication and fashion. Dean of ISEM Fashion Business School.

Mónica Herrero, University of Navarra

Full professor at the Department of Marketing and Communication Companies at the School of Communication, University of Navarra. She holds a Master's degree in Media Management from the University of Stirling. She holds a European doctorate in Public Communication from the University of Navarra with an Extraordinary Prize. Her lines of research are focused on the economy of the media, management of communication companies and communication management.

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