Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation

In the Philippines, schoolchildren consider celebrities as heroes. During elections, adults elect actors-turnedpoliticians in public office. Former artist Joseph Estrada, for instance, is now mayor of Manila after having been senator, Vice President, and President of the country. Boxing champion Ma...

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Main Authors: Celerio, Pauline Jane, Cruz, Mariella Roselle R, Layco, Hydie D.R, Samson, Glenn Pierre C
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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author Celerio, Pauline Jane
Cruz, Mariella Roselle R
Layco, Hydie D.R
Samson, Glenn Pierre C
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Cruz, Mariella Roselle R
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description In the Philippines, schoolchildren consider celebrities as heroes. During elections, adults elect actors-turnedpoliticians in public office. Former artist Joseph Estrada, for instance, is now mayor of Manila after having been senator, Vice President, and President of the country. Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, meanwhile, is now in congress representing his home province, Sarangani. Currently, two of the icons being heavily marketed by the country’s largest media conglomerate are comedian Vice Ganda and the romantic tandem of Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, dubbed as KathNiel, which both target the youth segment. The three personalities appear in television shows every day and have Facebook pages that have now garnered more than 12 million and 890,000 ‘likes’, respectively.
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spelling usm-319162017-02-06T02:52:34Z http://eprints.usm.my/31916/ Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation Celerio, Pauline Jane Cruz, Mariella Roselle R Layco, Hydie D.R Samson, Glenn Pierre C P87-96 Communication. Mass media In the Philippines, schoolchildren consider celebrities as heroes. During elections, adults elect actors-turnedpoliticians in public office. Former artist Joseph Estrada, for instance, is now mayor of Manila after having been senator, Vice President, and President of the country. Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, meanwhile, is now in congress representing his home province, Sarangani. Currently, two of the icons being heavily marketed by the country’s largest media conglomerate are comedian Vice Ganda and the romantic tandem of Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo, dubbed as KathNiel, which both target the youth segment. The three personalities appear in television shows every day and have Facebook pages that have now garnered more than 12 million and 890,000 ‘likes’, respectively. 2015-12-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/31916/1/Celerio%2C_Pauline_Jane_H.Cruz%2C_Mariella_Roselle_R.Layco%2C_Hydie_D.R.Samson%2C_Glenn_Pierre_C..pdf Celerio, Pauline Jane and Cruz, Mariella Roselle R and Layco, Hydie D.R and Samson, Glenn Pierre C (2015) Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation. In: Second International Conference On Media, Communication And Culture (ICMCC 2015), 30 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2015, Vistana Hotel, Penang. http://www.icmcc2015.usm.my/
spellingShingle P87-96 Communication. Mass media
Celerio, Pauline Jane
Cruz, Mariella Roselle R
Layco, Hydie D.R
Samson, Glenn Pierre C
Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title_full Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title_fullStr Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title_full_unstemmed Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title_short Fan Nation: Harnessing Fandoms For Political Participation
title_sort fan nation: harnessing fandoms for political participation
topic P87-96 Communication. Mass media
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