ABSTRACT

Nationalism is presumed to promote individual and collective freedoms. Under contemporary populism, however, its inclusive vision is reformatted toward an ‘us-versus-them’ form. Against the backdrop of media populism, this article shows how exclusionary nationalism hinges on the communicative might of Facebook which forms part of the bigger project of mediatization of politics in Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines. Through a reading of Duterte pages and interviews with journalists, it examines the prominent themes and narratives that stitch the ‘pro-Duterte’ and ‘anti-critics’ divide. The former is characterized by pro-masses icon, mainstreaming of infrastructure programmes, and police-military forces, and the latter by anti-indigenous hate, homogenization of opposition, and red-tagging. The implications of these narratives on media populism are presented.

摘要

民族主义被假定为促进个人和集体自由。然而，在当代民粹主义下，其包容性愿景被重新格式化为“我们与他们”的形式。在媒体民粹主义的背景下，本文展示了排他性民族主义如何依赖于 Facebook 的传播能力，这是罗德里戈·杜特尔特 (Rodrigo Duterte) 菲律宾更大的政治中介化项目的一部分。通过阅读杜特尔特的页面和对记者的采访，它检查了缝合“亲杜特尔特”和“反批评者”分歧的突出主题和叙述。前者的特点是亲群众偶像、基础设施项目的主流化和警察军队，后者的特点是反土著仇恨、反对派的同质化和红色标签。