Purpose The study aims to present a systematic literature review (SLR) to understand the
current status of research on social media usage among the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) …

To nuance current understandings of the proliferation of digital disinformation, this article
seeks to develop an approach that emphasizes the imaginative dimension of this …

This article examines issues linked to monetization on social media platforms through an
investigation of the work of social media influence in the Philippines. Based on a series of …

Since the late 1980s, Filipino entertainment television has assumed and maintained a
dominance in national popular culture, which expanded in the digital era. The media …

Policy debates about the digital divide often focus on the availability and quality of Internet
access, despite the fact that device inequities are persistent and widespread. To address …

The global Covid-19 pandemic has created a heightened sense of awareness of the
inequalities that prevail in society. Access to real-time information delivered via broadband …

Since the 2016 election of Rodrigo Duterte as president, the Philippines appears to have
reached a moment of peak authoritarianism. This chapter seeks to explain Duterte's …

“Patient zero” was how Facebook executive Katie Harbath (2018) described the Philippines
in a public talk in Germany, on the topic of “protecting electoral integrity on Facebook”.“That …

This article examines the translocal context of emerging information and communication
technology (ICT) for the “have-less,” with a focus on public access ICT that emerged to …

Philippine media is at the forefront of transformation. This chapter maps the changing face
and operations of Philippine media by interrogating how transformations and its impacts …