Mobilized and Polarized: Social Media and Disinformation Narratives in the 2022 Philippine Elections

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Pacific Affairs Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.5509/2022953549

A. Arugay, Justin Keith A. Baquisal

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Abstract

Social media played a significant role in the 2022 Philippine national elections. Using various empirical sources, including an original pre-electoral survey, we argue that social media was critical in the production, transmission, and reception of election-related information and narratives that resulted in o ine and online polarization and mobilization of Filipino voters in the 2022 elections. This article discusses the role of social media in electoral politics in the Philippines relative to other factors, such as material incentives for political partisans, prior voting behavior patterns, information consumption, and long-standing grievances. We discuss how these factors inform social media's role in mobilizing and polarizing the Philippine electorate. We also unpack the leading disinformation narratives of authoritarian nostalgia, conspiracy theory, strongman leadership, and democratic disillusionment, which fueled support for Marcos Jr. and undermined the other candidates. In conclusion, this article discusses the implications of disinformation in the 2022 elections for the post-electoral political engagement of Filipinos and its contribution to the further political dysfunction of Philippine democracy.

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动员和两极分化：2022年菲律宾大选中的社交媒体和虚假信息叙事

社交媒体在2022年菲律宾全国大选中发挥了重要作用。利用各种经验来源，包括一项原始的选举前调查，我们认为社交媒体在选举相关信息和叙事的生产、传播和接受方面至关重要，这些信息和叙事导致了2022年选举中菲律宾选民的在线和在线两极分化和动员。本文讨论了社交媒体在菲律宾选举政治中的作用，以及其他因素，如政治党派的物质激励、先前的投票行为模式、信息消费和长期的不满。我们将讨论这些因素如何影响社交媒体在动员和分化菲律宾选民中的作用。我们还揭示了对威权主义的怀旧、阴谋论、强人领导和民主幻灭的主要虚假叙述，这些叙述助长了对小马科斯的支持，并削弱了其他候选人。总之，本文讨论了2022年选举中虚假信息对菲律宾人选举后政治参与的影响及其对菲律宾民主进一步政治功能障碍的贡献。

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Pacific Affairs AREA STUDIES-

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1.60

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Pacific Affairs has, over the years, celebrated and fostered a community of scholars and people active in the life of Asia and the Pacific. It has published scholarly articles of contemporary significance on Asia and the Pacific since 1928. Its initial incarnation from 1926 to 1928 was as a newsletter for the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), but since May 1928, it has been published continuously as a quarterly under the same name. The IPR was a collaborative organization established in 1925 by leaders from several YMCA branches in the Asia Pacific, to “study the conditions of the Pacific people with a view to the improvement of their mutual relations.”