Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?

@article{Norris2021CancelCM,
  title={Cancel Culture: Myth or Reality?},
  author={Pippa Norris},
  journal={Political Studies},
  year={2021},
  volume={71},
  pages={145 - 174},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:238647612}
}
In recent years, a progressive “cancel culture” in society, right-wing politicians and commentators claim, has silenced alternative perspectives, ostracized contrarians, and eviscerated robust… 
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