One topic I thought was interesting throughout a team's presentation was cancel culture. As described by the presentation, the term "cancel" was first created in the 1980s as an odd term for breaking up with someone but soon over the next recent year it would be considered to mean something else. This would mainly be on social media such as Tiktok, Twitter, and Instagram. Cancel culture nowadays is seen as to hold people accountable for their offensive words or actions. This type of culture is used to punish unjustly by others.
On the other side of the spectrum there are people who do not believe that cancel culture even exists, but at this point it is seen daily. Unfortunately, cancel culture has been seen as doing more harm than good over the recent years and has greatly impacted us as a society as a whole. Sometimes people use cancel culture as a way to get rid of people they do not like for no reason at all. Usually, people come to their senses and see that a person is attempting to get canceled for no reason and there will typically be a person coming to their defense. In a global sense, only in America is cancel culture considered a thing.
Another point of interest I found to have captured my attention during the presentation is Citizen Journalism. It is defined as journalism that is conducted by the people who are not professionals but distribute information by using websites and social media. Anyone can be a citizen journalist and citizen journalism has grown to become increasingly popular over the years, many people enjoy being one. One of the biggest advantages is that since citizen journalism is not done by professional journalists, it gives average people to highlight non popular stories. They way our society has adapted over the years from social media, cancel culture demonstrates that we are on a path of ongoing change and development in modern society.
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