Board #17 - From Blacklists to Backlash: McCarthyism, Cancel Culture, and the Return of American Censorship

• In Event: 73-303 - Poster Session: Public Opinion: Polarization

Brief Overview

This paper compares McCarthy-era state censorship with modern cancel culture, arguing that decentralized social punishment is increasingly shaping institutional and government action, reviving patterns of formalized suppression once thought confined to the Cold War.

Author

• Eden McMillan, Christopher Newport University Center for American Studies