Siva Vaidhyanathan

Author; Robertson professor of Media Studies; director, Center for Media and Citizenship, University of Virginia.

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Cultural historian Siva Vaidhyanathan says shame can be used as an instrument for social justice, but that, like any instrument of social control, it can also be abused and can have…

Shame: A tool for social justice?

Cultural historian Siva Vaidhyanathan says shame can be used as an instrument for social justice, but that, like any instrument of social control, it can also be abused and can have…

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