Abstract
‘‘Cancel culture’’ is the practice of global withdrawing of support or tendency of engaging in mass cancelling as a way of expressing disapproval and exerting social pressures that, take place in social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and more. As a way of adapting to the new normal due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are turned to blended learning (online and modular). In this case, young people are being forced to curate their time differently leading to too much exposure to digital media and prevalent cancel culture. It is one of the controversial issues that students are facing throughout their academic careers. These problems are the foundation of this study using correlational research design. It focused on finding out the significant relationship between perceptions and experiences of cancel culture among Grade 12 students which were selected through quota sampling. The study was limited to forty (40) Grade 12 students of SRIHS S.Y. 2021 – 2022. Data were collected through online questionnaires; and statistically analyzed and interpreted using mean, standard deviation and Pearson r. The perceptions and experiences of Grade 12 students of Santisimo Rosario Integrated High School with cancel culture have significant relationship which supported the study of Louis (2021), claiming that cancel culture doesn’t affect individuals equally as they have different cancel culture perceptions depending on their varying level of experiences.
Keywords: Cancel culture, Perceptions, Experiences, Pandemic
*This paper is a finalist in the International Research Competitions 2022, Category 1 High School
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