Kultura otkazivanja u suvremenom društvu

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): Cancel Culture in Contemporary Society
• Author: Alen Husnjak
• Mentor: Ivan Perkov (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivan Perkov (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Sociology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-07-10, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology

Abstract

Temeljni je cilj ovog rada dati znanstveni prikaz i objašnjenje koncepta kulture otkazivanja – jednog od fenomena koji obilježava suvremeno društvo. Rad obrađuje nekoliko temeljnih koncepata važnih za razumijevanje suvremene kulture otkazivanja. U prvom se poglavlju izlaže nekoliko definicija kulture otkazivanja različitih autora, a poglavlje nastavlja obrazloženjem temeljnih karakteristika fenomena. Poglavlje završava pregledom historijskog razvoja kulture otkazivanja od njegovih korijena u crnačkoj queer zajednici na Black Twitteru do drugih suvremenih primjera kulture otkazivanja. Drugo poglavlje tematizira znanstveni diskurs i društveno djelovanje povezano s rastom značaja kulture otkazivanja. U tom se poglavlju iznose rezultati istraživanja koji objašnjavaju kako kultura otkazivanja djeluje na znanost te kako se akademski milje snalazi u vrtlogu sveprisutnije kulture otkazivanja. Treće poglavlje u prvi plan stavlja koncept spirale šutnje. Spirala šutnje pretpostavlja postojanje svojevrsnog društvenog pritiska na javno izlaganje vlastitih stavova pojedinaca s obzirom na dominantnu društvenu kulturu. U poglavlju su obrađeni i koncepti autora Pierrea Bourdieua i Maxa Webera – teorija društvenog kapitala i teorija moći. Konačno, suštinu rada donosi posljednje poglavlje u kojem je koncept kulture otkazivanja uspoređen s teorijom etiketiranja američkog sociologa Howarda Saula Beckera. Teorija je etiketiranja s obzirom na usmjerenje na, s jedne strane, prijestupnika kojeg se etiketira devijantnim i, s druge strane, one koji donose presudu o počinjenju devijantnog ponašanja, sociološka perspektiva koja ima mnogo srodnih tema, polazišta i praksi sa suvremenom kulturom otkazivanja. Interakcionističko polazište koje iznosi Becker kvalitetna je podloga za znanstvenu obradu teme. Kroz pregled navedenih tema ostvaruje se složena konstrukcija kulture otkazivanja kao suvremene kolektivne prakse.

Abstract (english)

The main aim of this thesis is to provide a scientific presentation and explanation of the cancel culture concept – one of the phenomena that characterise modern society. The thesis deals with several fundamental concepts that are important for understanding the contemporary cancel culture. The first chapter presents several definitions of cancel culture from different authors, and the chapter continues with an explanation of the basic characteristics of the phenomenon. The chapter concludes with an overview of the historical development of cancel culture, starting from its roots in the Black queer community on Black Twitter to more contemporary examples of cancel culture. The second chapter thematizes the scientific discourse and social action related to the growing significance of the cancel culture. This chapter presents research that explains how the cancel culture affects academia and how the academic milieu is caught in the vortex of the pervasive cancel culture. The third chapter focuses on the concept of the spiral of silence. The spiral of silence assumes that there is some kind of social pressure for individuals to publicly express their views in relation to the dominant social culture. The chapter also deals with the concepts of authors Pierre Bourdieu and Max Weber – theory of social capital and the theory of power. Finally, the essence of the thesis is presented in the last chapter, in which the concept of cancel culture is compared with the labelling theory of the American sociologist Howard Saul Becker. Labelling theory is a sociological perspective that has many related topics, starting points and practices with the contemporary cancel culture, with regard to the focus on, on the one hand, the offender who is labelled as deviant and, on the other hand, those who pass judgment on the commission of deviant behaviour. The interactionist starting point presented by Becker is a quality basis for scientific treatment of the topic. Through the overview of the mentioned topics, a complex construction of the cancel culture as a contemporary collective practice is obtained.

• Keywords: kultura otkazivanja; društvene mreže; Black Twitter; spirala šutnje; teorija etiketiranja
• Keywords (english): cancel culture; social networks; Black Twitter; spiral of silence; labelling theory
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:647784
• Study programme: Title: Sociology (Double Major); Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) sociologije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) sociologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2025-01-15 09:33:06