1st Edition

Philippine Digital Cultures Brokerage Dynamics on YouTube

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Social media platforms have been pivotal in redefining the conduct of contemporary society. Amid the proliferation of a range of new and ubiquitous online platforms, YouTube, a video-based platform, remains a key driver in the democratisation of creative, playful, vernacular, intimate, as well as political expressions. As a critical node of contemporary communication and digital cultures, its... Read more
Chapter 1: Lights, Camera, and Click the Notification Bell!, Chapter 2: Digital Brokering, Chapter 3: Self, Chapter 4: Relationships, Chapter 5: Labour, Chapter 6: Politics, Chapter 7: YouTube and Beyond, Index, Bibliography

Biography

Cheryll Ruth R. Soriano is Professor in the Department of Communication at De La Salle University, Manila. Her research examines the relationships between cultural production and platformisation, dealing with questions of power, ideology and resistance in digital cultures in the global South. She co-edited the book, Asian Perspectives on Digital Culture: Emerging Phenomena, Enduring Concepts (Routledge). Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto is a Lecturer in Communication in the School of Communication and Creative Arts (SCCA) at Deakin University, Australia. He is also a member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. His research unpacks the potentialities and politics of digital media use in a transnational context. He is author of (Im)mobile Homes: Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media (Oxford University Press).