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Political correctness in a global age : The ethical implications of a hegemonic discourse

Pilkington, A. (2021) Political correctness in a global age : The ethical implications of a hegemonic discourse. In: Miladi, N. (ed.) Global media ethics and the digital revolution :. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 15-37.

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Abstract:	While concern with political correctness has ebbed and flowed, there is little doubt that in the last decade it has again become a critical concept in the rightist lexicon. Universities continue to be seen as posing a central threat in the US and, with the expansion of higher education in recent decades, universities in the UK also have received renewed attention, increasingly being characterized, along with their American counterparts, as controlled by a liberal elite and pervaded by political correctness. Public shaming can be based on slip-ups or errors that in a predigital age would probably have been forgotten over time, but ‘today, people may be followed by their doppelganger wherever they go in the world’. The anti-PC discourse comprises an ideology which delegitimizes a social justice agenda and gives people permission to remain locked in their prejudices. As such it is inherently unethical.
Creators:	Pilkington, Andrew
Editors:	Miladi, Noureddine
Publisher:	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Date:	5 December 2021
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 15-37
Title of Book:	Global media ethics and the digital revolution :
Series Name:	Routledge research in journalism
Number of Pages:	23
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-1-032-06214-3
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003203551 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/e... https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/public...
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15692

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