Home⇛PCS Review⇛vol. 16 no. 1 (2024)

Off the Streets and On the Web: Directions for Digital Politics Research in the Philippines

Francis Simonh M. Bries

Discipline: social sciences (non-specific)

 

Abstract:

Responding to citizens’ increasing use of social media and digital modes of communication, researchers worldwide have widely examined how much these platforms influence political processes. In particular, much work has focused on what forms of political participation and behavior are enabled by digital technologies and whether these platforms contribute meaningfully to citizens’ empowerment across online and offline political spheres. As such, the current article provides an overview of central trends evident across three decades of digital politics research while also situating the contributions of Filipino scholars within an international context. To support this analysis, the present discussion synthesizes theoretical accounts and empirical studies across almost thirty years of scholarship, which have been undertaken from communication and media studies, political science, psychology, sociology, and other allied disciplines. Considering trends across decades, these studies demonstrate a general shift away from questions on the usefulness of the internet for political processes toward recognizing these platforms’ capacity to support citizen and government activities and eventually warnings about the threats to democratic stability that modern information ecologies can amplify. Drawing attention to these trends, the overview presents directions that can be prioritized for future investigations and applications, especially noting the growing yet limited scope of local work. Above all, given the country’s dual state as one of the world’s leaders in internet and social media usage as well as disinformation and political influence operations, more encompassing research programs and interventions are encouraged to respond to the capacity of digital technologies to both strengthen and undermine democracy.



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