Populism, Conspiracy Narratives and Governmentality in Duterte’s Philippines

Populism, Conspiracy Narratives and Governmentality in Duterte’s Philippines

2024. International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics 20 (2): 153–172 This article examines the semantics of populist rhetoric and conspiracy narratives in the Philippines to understand how they can be operationalized for governmental purposes. Focusing on Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency (2016–22), I argue that conspiracy narratives simplify socio-economic issues and aid the transformation of collective…

The Politics of Nostalgia and the Marcos Golden Age in the Philippines

The Politics of Nostalgia and the Marcos Golden Age in the Philippines

2021. Asia Review 11 (3): 273–304. The increasing incidence of disinformation in the Philippines promotes romanticized recollections of Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law (1972–1981). While the general scholarship remembers the era for its horrors and atrocities, narratives circulated online claim that Marcos’ rule made the nation great and that several groups and institutions conspired to distort people’s memory,…