About the Project
Cancel culture is currently known as an online phenomenon, a form of publicly shaming a person, action, or idea on social media, which results in a person being publicly shamed and exiled, as they are given no chance of redemption and/or improvement. It has also become a form of online activism that threatens to and makes problematic figures of authority be stripped off from their positions of power because of intolerable behavior.
Publicly ostracizing someone who made a mistake does not allow the opportunity to change, thus denying an individual’s personal growth and curbing bad behaviors, or unlearning toxic mindsets. This weaponization is what causes the harm that cancel culture brings.
Summary of the Project
Backlash: Cancel culture as a double-edged sword is a multimedia journalism project that features a three-part long-form vertical storytelling narrative entailing the good and bad effects of cancel culture. The interactive website aims to contextualize how cancel culture is applied in the Philippines: its beginnings, how Filipinos use this behavior, its pervasiveness, and its impact on society.
Backlash: Cancel culture as a double-edged sword is a multimedia journalism project that features a three-part long-form vertical storytelling narrative entailing the good and bad effects of cancel culture. The interactive website aims to contextualize how cancel culture is applied in the Philippines: its beginnings, how Filipinos use this behavior, its pervasiveness, and its impact on society.
Through reading the stories shared here and gaining an understanding of how cancel culture was used in each one, the creators of the website hope that the readers would be able to see cancel culture for what it is: warts and all.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Sir Norman Zafra, our thesis mentor, for his kindness, patience, and guidance that he shared with us all throughout the making of this project.
We would like to thank Sir Norman Zafra, our thesis mentor, for his kindness, patience, and guidance that he shared with us all throughout the making of this project.
Resource attributions
Stock footage, GIFs, and photos retrieved from Unsplash.com, Pexels.com, and Pixabay.com
Licensed under a CC0 License
Screenshots retrieved from Facebook and Twitter
Archive footage courtesy of GMA News on Youtube
Timeline
Archive news reports courtesy of The Lasallian, The Benildean, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Cosmopolitan, 8list.ph, and Spin.ph
Sound Effects
“Typing” by JayeWilde
Licensed under a CC0 License
Classroom Ambiance by All Sounds
Licensed under a CC0 License
“Classroom ambience high school class”, “Quiet classroom roomtone 02”, “Classroom”, “Steps and door”, and SHHH sound effects by BERLINATMOSPHERES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syG19v7pJC4
Licensed under a CC BY 1.0 License
Background Music
“Curiosity” (Background Music) by Fearless Motivation Instrumentals
Licensed under a CC BY 1.0 License
Stock footage, GIFs, and photos retrieved from Unsplash.com, Pexels.com, and Pixabay.com
Licensed under a CC0 License
Screenshots retrieved from Facebook and Twitter
Archive footage courtesy of GMA News on Youtube
Timeline
Archive news reports courtesy of The Lasallian, The Benildean, GMA News, ABS-CBN News, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Cosmopolitan, 8list.ph, and Spin.ph
Sound Effects
“Typing” by JayeWilde
Licensed under a CC0 License
Classroom Ambiance by All Sounds
Licensed under a CC0 License
“Classroom ambience high school class”, “Quiet classroom roomtone 02”, “Classroom”, “Steps and door”, and SHHH sound effects by BERLINATMOSPHERES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syG19v7pJC4
Licensed under a CC BY 1.0 License
Background Music
“Curiosity” (Background Music) by Fearless Motivation Instrumentals
Licensed under a CC BY 1.0 License
We would also like to thank the participation of Mr. Ruka Azuma, Mr. Nathan Driz, Mr. Lance Dela Cruz, Dr. Joseph Velasco, and Atty. Christopher Lao for sharing their valuable time, experiences, and thoughts with us throughout this project.
And most of all, to our families, thank you for your unwavering support and encouragement.
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Braving the Storm
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