NOEMI LARDIZABAL-DADO

The first thing I do when I wake up is to go through my Twitter feed for current events or engage with my followers. Not everyone is on twitter though. Facebook is still the number one social media platform in the Philippines. Based on the “2019 WeAreSocial” survey, 97 percent of internet users use Facebook followed by Youtube (96 percent), Messenger (89 percent), Instagram (64 percent) and Twitter (54 percent). While Facebook does not generate original news content, it has grown into an important medium for news. Social media’s influence on political participation such as voting, advocacy or self-expression remains unclear but there are studies. Three women in the academe conducted research on young Filipinos below 45 years old. Clarissa C. David, Ma. Rosel S. San Pascual and Ma. Eliza S. Torres tested five hypotheses using data collected from an online survey of 978 Filipinos from Feb. 1 to March 31, 2016. The study examined the “link between reliance on Facebook for news, political knowledge and political engagement in the Philippines” by testing five hypotheses using data gathered from the online survey.

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