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The study of cancel culture—how it is constructed, practiced, and narrated. Cancelology examines the social dynamics of public shaming, boycotts, and ostracism, especially on social media. It asks: who gets canceled, by whom, and for what? How do cancellations spread? When are they justified, and when do they become mob violence? Cancelology draws on sociology of deviance, media studies, and social psychology to understand cancel culture not as a moral panic but as a complex phenomenon with roots in accountability movements and digital amplification. It distinguishes between genuine accountability and performative destruction.
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