Research ARCHIVE

Our research team has been studying disinformation since the 2016 general elections to expose “disinformers at the top” and investigate transnational networks profiting from disinformation. Our work has influenced academic debate, popular discourse, and donor programming in the local civil society space.

Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Year: 2018

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Changing Face of Fake News

Authors: Nicole Curato, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Ross Tapsell

Year: 2019

Publisher: New Mandala

Tracking Digital Disinformation in the 2019 Philippine Midterm Election

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Ross Tapsell, Nicole Curato

Year: 2019

Publisher: New Mandala

Politics and Profit in the Fake News Industry: Four Work Models of Political Trolling in the Philippines

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Year: 2018

Publisher: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Mitigating Disinformation in Southeast Asian Elections

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Ross Tapell

Year: 2020

Publisher: NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

Understudied Digital Platforms in the Philippines

Authors: Jose Mari Hall Lanuza, Rossine Fallorina, Samuel Cabbuag

Year: 2021

Publisher: Internews

Information Dystopia and Philippine Democracy: Protecting the Public Sphere from Disinformation

Authors: Yvonne Chua, Nicole Curato, Jonathan Corpus Ong

Year: 2021

Publisher: Internews

Human Rights in Survival Mode: Rebuilding Trust and Supporting Digital Workers in the Philippines

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jeremy Tintiangko, Rossine Fallorina

Year: 2021

Publisher: The Media Manipulation Casebook

Parallel Public Spheres: Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections

Authors: Jonathan Corpus Ong, Rossine Fallorina, Jose Mari Lanuza, Ferdinand Sanchez II, Nicole Curato

Year: 2022

Publisher: The Media Manipulation Casebook

Political Economy of Covert Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections

Authors: Fatima Gaw, Jon Benedik A. Bunquin, Samuel I. Cabbuag,
Jose Mari H. Lanuza, Noreen H. Sapalo, Al-Habbyel B. Yusoph

Year: 2023

Published on: Internews

From Disinformation to Influence Operations: The Evolution of Disinformation in Three Electoral Cycles in the Philippines

Authors: Rossine Fallorina, Jose Mari Hall Lanuza, Juan Felix, Ferdinand Sanchez II, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Nicole Curato

Year: 2023

Publisher: Internews