The Political Psychology of Cancel Culture: Principled Values or Group Identity?

• In Event: Group Identity and Conflict

Brief Overview

We explore definitions of cancel culture and how support for cancel culture is influenced by partisanship and values. We find that partisanship is a driver of cancel culture and protecting the ingroup is more consequential than punishing an outgroup.

Authors

• Madison Andersen

• Elle Diether, The University of Texas at Austin

• Suzy Yi, Brigham Young University-Provo

• Lisa P. Argyle, Brigham Young University

• Ethan C Busby, Brigham Young University-Provo