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In this paper I explore Arendt's (1998) ideas about the public space and political opinions and s... more In this paper I explore Arendt's (1998) ideas about the public space and political opinions and see them in modern light, through Internet sphere. I used concepts from Actor-Network Theory to shed a bit of light on what kind of project we can take place when tracing how political opinions are being formed within the different 'production sites'. Finally, I have discussed how internet memes, 'fake accounts', 'bots' are vital and must be taken into account in understanding how political opinions are shaped in the Internet sphere as a public space.
This paper argues that Internet memes is a collective representation of Internet life. The paper ... more This paper argues that Internet memes is a collective representation of Internet life. The paper analyzes the interaction of internet memes, in the form of emoticons (Davison 2012) in three (3) streams in Twitch.tv through Durkheim's (1955) concept of collective representation and a mixture of how Simmel (1950) views structures as crystallized forms of interaction. The paper discusses that Internet memes have three (3) dimensions; it serves as collective identity through channel emoticons, it is a collective rite that responds to the happenings of the streams through custom emoticons, and lastly, even though its content is ephemeral, it institutionalizes a form to which it carries with it the past, twitch emoticons. Unlike common belief, that Internet is ephemeral, Internet has underlying structures that should be put under systematic investigation.
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Philippine Social Science Journal, 2020
This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Payatas, ... more This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Payatas, an urban poor community in Quezon City, Philippines. In total, 260 people were surveyed in two areas of Payatas. The results of these surveys were then compared with existing ACE Surveys in other communities. Results found that ACEs were reported at significantly higher levels than in existing surveys, which were typically made of Middle-Class populations. The discrepancy grew at higher ACE Scores. Moderate childhood trauma, ACE Scores of 4 or more, was reported as two to five times more common in our Payatas populations than in the existing survey populations. Severe childhood trauma Scores are less available; however, these trends appear to grow at higher ACE Scores. These results suggest that ACEs are far more common in urban poor communities. That ACE Scores are higher in poorer communities is not a surprising finding. However, the scale of the problem is highly significant. As ACEs ...
In this paper I explore Arendt's (1998) ideas about the public space and political opinions and s... more In this paper I explore Arendt's (1998) ideas about the public space and political opinions and see them in modern light, through Internet sphere. I used concepts from Actor-Network Theory to shed a bit of light on what kind of project we can take place when tracing how political opinions are being formed within the different 'production sites'. Finally, I have discussed how internet memes, 'fake accounts', 'bots' are vital and must be taken into account in understanding how political opinions are shaped in the Internet sphere as a public space.
This paper argues that Internet memes is a collective representation of Internet life. The paper ... more This paper argues that Internet memes is a collective representation of Internet life. The paper analyzes the interaction of internet memes, in the form of emoticons (Davison 2012) in three (3) streams in Twitch.tv through Durkheim's (1955) concept of collective representation and a mixture of how Simmel (1950) views structures as crystallized forms of interaction. The paper discusses that Internet memes have three (3) dimensions; it serves as collective identity through channel emoticons, it is a collective rite that responds to the happenings of the streams through custom emoticons, and lastly, even though its content is ephemeral, it institutionalizes a form to which it carries with it the past, twitch emoticons. Unlike common belief, that Internet is ephemeral, Internet has underlying structures that should be put under systematic investigation.
Philippine Social Science Journal, 2020
This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Payatas, ... more This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Payatas, an urban poor community in Quezon City, Philippines. In total, 260 people were surveyed in two areas of Payatas. The results of these surveys were then compared with existing ACE Surveys in other communities. Results found that ACEs were reported at significantly higher levels than in existing surveys, which were typically made of Middle-Class populations. The discrepancy grew at higher ACE Scores. Moderate childhood trauma, ACE Scores of 4 or more, was reported as two to five times more common in our Payatas populations than in the existing survey populations. Severe childhood trauma Scores are less available; however, these trends appear to grow at higher ACE Scores. These results suggest that ACEs are far more common in urban poor communities. That ACE Scores are higher in poorer communities is not a surprising finding. However, the scale of the problem is highly significant. As ACEs ...