Open AccessHate Speech on Campus: Reframing the Discourse
Author(s) -
Matt McDowall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of intellectual freedom and privacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2474-7459
DOI - 10.5860/jifp.v4i1.6906
Subject(s) - cognitive reframing , honor , public discourse , media studies , sociology , public life , free speech , political science , psychology , law , social psychology , computer science , internet privacy , politics
College campuses have long grappled with the question of allowing controversial speakers on campus. In the half-century since the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley, such events have become a fairly typical aspect of campus life. In recent years, however, increasingly divisive public figures have been invited—and, on occasion, disinvited. Being “deplatformed” has become a badge of honor for public figures like Ben Shapiro, Ann Coulter, and Milo Yiannapolous.