Jeff Ragragio

Associate Professor of Media and Democracy, University of the Philippines at Los Baños

[@populismstudies @populismstudies]

📽️ ECPS Interview / VIDEO

🎙️ Dr. Jefferson Lyndon D. Ragragio: Populism in the Philippines Is Enduring and Evolving 🇵🇭

Interview by Selcuk Gultasli

Why does populism remain so resilient in the Philippines? In this incisive video interview, Dr. Ragragio (@JeffRagragio), Lim Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, explains how the legacies of Rodrigo Duterte 🇵🇭 and the rise of Sara Duterte ⚖️ reflect not just continuity but a strategic recalibration of populist performance.

He dives into the deep roots of dynastic politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, the power of mediatized nationalism 📺, toxic social media ecosystems 📱, and the gendered spectacle of authority👊👩.

📰 “Political journalism has long been a battleground,” he says—praising independent outlets like Rappler and student-led media as vital counterforces.

His solution? Boost media literacy 📚, civic education 🏫, and institutional reform 🏛️ to challenge populist myths and reclaim democratic space.

🎥 Watch the full video interview here: https://t.co/OLoTrOj1no

#Populism #Philippines #Duterte #Democracy 🗳️ #MediaLiteracy #CivicEducation #ECPSinterviews #Ragragio #SoutheastAsia 🌏

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Independent journalism and science-backed polling enhance the quality of information that the public needs to deliberate on critical issues such as elections and governance.

https://t.co/FFpE4WURdY

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Political journalism and the Philippines-China maritime tensions in @MWC_Journal. https://t.co/hPTaj49Al4

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

To uphold press freedom, we must defend the tenets of democracy. This means recognizing the systems and norms of democratic institutions of power, and calling out extreme incivility and illiberal politics. #ThoughtLeaders https://t.co/FmimM2KOla

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@AASAsianStudies @UMCSEAS Thank you @AASAsianStudies.

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Here is the @UMCSEAS Friday Lecture Series for the Fall 2024 semester. Please share widely.

[MCS Journal @MCSjournal]

In this new #OnlineFirst article, Jefferson Lyndon D Ragragio underscores the potential and limits of the Court as an ally of the media in advancing press freedom
https://t.co/y6XUjp3IhH

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Thanks @JResearchNews

[Journalism Research @JResearchNews]

The study “The Blasphemous Divide: News Media Coverage of Politics and Religion in the Philippines” by Jefferson Lyndon D. Ragragio looked how the media in the Philippines covered Duterte's rhetoric against the Catholic church and priests.

https://t.co/OXDlq1kNXE

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The news media use the logic of us-versus-them divide in covering politics and religion, but this case alone is insufficient a precondition to label the media as populist @journstudies https://t.co/5UW3SVXl0W

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Some notes from @patevangelista’s compelling memoir “Some People Need Killing” @francojean825 @pinoyweekly https://t.co/BG8NMdHcee

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

"Language matters not only as a vocabulary of expression but also as an instrument to narrate historical facts." #ThoughtLeaders https://t.co/ccj9EmJTOo

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@AASAsianStudies @UMCSEAS I am honored and grateful for the prestigious @AASAsianStudies Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship. Thrilled to be working with the amazing scholars and staff @UMCSEAS

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“Bringing religion into the conversation about democracy and disinformation means that we can start to explore the involvement of religious institutions and communities in spreading and/or contesting disinformational narratives” https://t.co/PNPX4oIZaI

[International Journal of Communication @IJoC_USC]

🔥We published 42 #openaccess articles in June, incl. two Special Sections on "Afterlives of the Californian Ideology" & "Worker Resistance in Digital Capitalism"

Read about queer video activism, remote gig work during COVID-19, mukbang streamers in China & more on our site!

[Jeff Ragragio @JeffRagragio]

Fun and nostalgic? What banal populism looks like in Marcos-Duterte’s Philippines. Out now in @IJoC_USC Open access 👉👉 https://t.co/kmflhYAbFI

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‘Fake content industry’ is a threat to journalism, reports @RSF_en in this year’s press freedom index.

PH in difficult situation since forever #WPFD2023

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Mapping Global Populism

Panel II: Populism, Macho-Fascism & Varieties of Illiberalism in the Philippines

Mark your calendar & join Paul Kenny, @adelehwebb, M. Richard Thompson, Jean S. Encinas-Franco & @JeffRagragio at 9 CET on Apr. 27, 2023.

Register: https://t.co/N3FzVpGIub

[Shashi Jayakumar @ShashiJayakumar]

"Crisis of the Social"-Great (thankfully, live) event later this week organised by CENS' Social Resilience Programme, with a stellar cast of speakers. @evianeleidig @DrSABaker @JeffRagragio @JiaqiLiu_soc @Kamal_Ramdas @owencheng1992 @DanielPSGoh @decustecu @owencheng1992

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Exploiting religion in the name of free expression https://t.co/XxF6R2iN22 via @rapplerdotcom

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Thrilled to share my article on media populism in PH. Out now in @icahdq - @OUPAcademic’s Communication, Culture and Critique. Your access here 🔗🔗➡️➡️ https://t.co/ERWng1Jmkp

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Why Inday Sara’s mantra of God, country, and family should not surprise us @rapplerdotcom @mlq3 https://t.co/G7ZbNcUB91