Introduction
The dynamics of digital communication in the Philippines: legacies and potentials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5715477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jozon A Lorenzana (0000-0003-2832-9230, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, corresponding author), Cheryll Ruth Soriano (0000-0003-3228-1065, De La Salle University, Philippines) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 179 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-8 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x211010868 |
| OpenAlex | W3157135018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
This special issue brings together six research articles that speak to the dynamics of digital communication in the Philippines, a country firmly located in the global geography of the digital economy and an early adopter and innovator in mobile communication. Increasingly, the rise of digital platforms is spurring on new business models and applications that find a wide range of appropriations in a developing economy with a high level of communication skills and a high level of inequality. These dynamics have, in turn, fuelled the popularity of social media and the populism that has gained international attention and, more critically, taken the country into uncharted political terrain. We introduce this Special Issue by taking stock of the legacies and potentials of digital communication in the country and highlighting how the articles sustain and extend past conversations. Drawing from the articles that cover a range of topics (entertainment, intimacy, labour, journalism and politics, scandals and pornography), we identify three overlapping themes that capture the socio-technical dynamics of digital communication in the Philippines: (1) how digital communication is emplaced in material, social and structural conditions; (2) the potentials of networked publics and communication; and (3) the convertibility of capitals and emergence of new competencies. These dynamics and potentials point to the contradictions, continuities and changes that relate to Philippine modernity in the context of global digital capitalism
Capitalism · Digital Revolution · Journalism · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social dynamics · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Social Media and Politics
Information Politics
Affective Publics
Mobile Sexuality
Social media and everyday politics
From Work-Life to Work-Age Balance? Acceleration, Alienation, and Appropriation at the Workplace
Living the Information Society in Asia
The potency of digital media
Glocal intimacies and the contradictions of mobile media access in the Philippines
Entertainment publics in the Philippines
Introduction
Amateur porn in Filipino Twitter alter community
Digital labour in the Philippines
Digital populism, digital newswork and the concept of journalistic competence
Digital prosumption labour on social media in the context of the capitalist regime of time
Mothering from a Distance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |