PCS | ‘BATTLE OF THE TROLLS’
The Philippines Communication Society (PCS)
in partnership with TVUP invites you to the first of a series of webinars of the
National Forum on Communication and Democracy
Philippine Elections 2022
Webinar #1 ‘BATTLE OF THE TROLLS’
August 11, 2021 (Wednesday)
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Speaker:
Jonathan C. Ong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Global Digital Media
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Reactors:
Yvonne T. Chua
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism
UP College of Mass Communication
Co-Founder, Vera Files
Ralf M. Rivas
Journalist
Rappler
Warren D. De Guzman
Writer, Reporter, Producer
ABS-CBN and ANC
Joeven R. Castro
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Far Eastern University
Member, Board of Directors, PACE
Moderator:
Veronica Baluyut Jimenez
Broadcast Journalist and Television Host
Opening Remarks:
Elena E. Pernia, Ph.D.
President, Philippines Communication Society
Vice President for Public Affairs, UP
representing
UP President Danilo L. Concepcion
Closing Remarks:
Dante M. Velasco, Ph.D.
Chair, PCS National Forum and Special Projects
Board Member, Philippines Communication Society
Faculty Member, UP College of Mass Communication
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‘Battle of the Trolls’ webinar kickstarts Nat’l Forum on Communication and Democracy
The country’s premiere organization of communication academics, professionals, and media executives launches a national forum underscoring the role of communication in democracy, starting with a webinar on the looming battle of so-called troll farms for votes in the upcoming 2022 elections.
Headlining the Philippines Communication Society (PCS) webinar is Jonathan Ong, Ph.D., associate professor of global digital media at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, whose groundbreaking work on disinformation and Philippine elections drew public attention to the dangers of organized and paid networks of trolls in democratic discourse.
The webinar, titled “Battle of the Trolls,” is the first under the National Forum on Communication and Democracy: Philippine Elections 2022 series. It will be held at 9 a.m. on Aug. 11, 2021, via Zoom and streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Details can be found at the official PCS website (www.philscomsoc.org) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/philscomsoc), and inquiries can be directed to info@philscomsoc.org. Interested participants can register online at https://tinyurl.com/PCSForum1.
Also slated to speak in the webinar as reactors are Yvonne Chua, associate professor of journalism at the University of the Philippines, journalists Warren de Guzman (ABS-CBN) and Ralf Rivas (Rappler), and Joeven Castro, associate professor at the Department of Communication of Far Eastern University and member of the board of directors of the Philippine Association of Communication Educators.
Broadcast journalist Veronica Baluyut-Jimenez will moderate the forum.
PCS is jointly producing the National Forum with TVUP, the internet television (webcast) network operated by the University of the Philippines.
Incorporated in 1987, PCS represents the communication discipline in the Philippine Social Science Council and is the umbrella organization of all communication-related organizations in the country. It publishes PCS Review, the peer-reviewed research journal.
We request that you acknowledge the PCS National Forum on Communication and Democracy in your story/ies.
For more information, contact Mr. Felipe F. Salvosa II at 09176227018 or email fsalvosa@gmail.com
