Monday, October 26, 2020

Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic

People display Qanon messages on cardboards during a political rally in Bucharest, Romania on Aug. 10, 2020. (Shutterstock) Jennifer Evans, Carleton University Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic. It is now more than 30 years since... More

Monday, June 29, 2020

Hate Speech 3.0

by Dr Laura Madokoro. Over the past few decades, the idea of Canada as a multicultural national has been celebrated in popular and official culture alike. The introduction of an official multiculturalism policy in 1971, elaborated in the 1988 Multiculturalism Act, with funding support to promote the culture and history of ethnic communities in... More

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