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Cancel culture towards Russia and how to deal with it
- Authors: Rustamova L.R.1,2, Ivanova D.G.1
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Affiliations:
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
- The Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
- Issue: Vol 25, No 2 (2023): Political Science in Search of New Approaches
- Pages: 434-444
- Section: SOCIOCULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICS
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/35160
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1438-2023-25-2-434-444
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/PNFYRX
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Cancel Culture originated in Western society and was initially interpreted as a social phenomenon, but over time it began to acquire an increasing political dimension. Its main distribution platform are social networks, where, due to the almost instantaneous reaction on the part of society to information stuffing, the “cancellation culture” has become truly global. Since 2022 cancel culture is a tool for managing socio-political phenomena that can be used for foreign policy purposes. The authors make an attempt to conceptualize and operationalize this term, formerly used in publicjournalistic discourse. They also set themselves the task of identifying the subjects of dissemination of cancel culture and suggesting mechanisms to combat its negative manifestations.
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Leyli R. Rustamova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; The Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Author for correspondence.
Email: leili-rustamova@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9803-9904
Ph.D. (Political Sci.), Associate Professor at the World Politics Department, MGIMO-University; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Current International Problems of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Moscow, Russian FederationDaria G. Ivanova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Email: ivanovadashamgimo@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-0082-3711
Masters Student
Moscow, Russian FederationReferences
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