This paper aims to provide a better understanding of online public shaming (OPS). OPS has
been the subject of interdisciplinary, insightful research. With few exceptions, this research …

Individuals rely on digital media to denounce and shame other individuals. This may serve
to seek justice in response to perceived offences, while often reproducing categorical forms …

While cancel culture has become a social media buzzword, scholarly understanding of this
phenomenon is still at its nascent stage. To contribute to a more nuanced understanding of …

Online shaming, where individuals participate in social policing by shaming supposed
wrongdoings on the internet, is a rapidly increasing and global phenomenon. The potential …

ABSTRACT When Stuart Hall and his Birmingham School colleagues argued that media
technologies were essential to the production of moral panics, they focused on the …

This article proposes a conceptual framework for cyber-vigilantism that proves useful for
distinguishing it from other potentially harmful online actions. An overview of vigilantism is …

Historically, cancel culture has always existed the only variation is in its manifestation.
Canceling an individual, group, or organization denotes to boycotting and publicly shaming …

A public shaming frenzy has spread through social media (SM) following the instigation of
lockdown policies as a way to counter the spread of COVID-19. On SM, individuals shun the …

In this study, we propose that social media reduce users' moral sensitivity through the
mediation of the perceived moral intensity of hostile comments, which leads to behavioral …

Online shaming, where people engage in social policing by shaming perceived
transgressions via the internet, is a widespread global phenomenon. Despite its negative …