Kenneth Louis Cavanlit, Ericka Mae Encabo & Aurelio Vilbar Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused academic institutions to shift to online remote teaching. In the Philippines, slow internet connectivity has been a concern since it can disrupt the flow of online classes. To address the issue, recorded lectures, which can be viewed with or without an internet connection, were used in teaching an online communicative grammar course. This study...

Regletto Aldrich Imbong Abstract As a theoretical framework in the Science and Technology Studies (sts) scholarship, the sociotechnical imaginaries approach (sta) has provided a conceptual framework and methodology that not only overcome the deterministic understanding of technological development but also theorized the relationship between society on the one hand, and science and technology on the other. However, as will be pointed out, a...

Rohaiba B Radiamoda, Hsueh-hua Chuang, and Ronald A Pernia Abstract This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the celebrity culture, i.e. the pervasive fascination of an audience with public figures, in the Philippines. We used data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey (n = 1200) to establish whether celebrity culture exists in the Philippines. We then tested whether citizens’ level of education affects one’s...

Ronald A. Pernia ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of causal inference in the on-going methodological debate in political science research. Here, we critically engage the extant literature, take stock of the major debates, articulate key gaps and its limitations. Then, we leverage published journal articles in Web of Science (WoS) database collections and analyze them according to their publication years, topics, research areas, and...

Francis Michael C. Abad This research delves into the multifaceted issues surrounding the contested regionswithin the South China Sea and the intricate geopolitical dynamics atplay. In the aftermath of the Arbitral Tribunal’s ruling on UNCLOS, this papercontends that China’s nine-dash line and claims to sovereignty over disputedareas have faced challenges to their legitimacy. Recognizing the contemporaryglobal emphasis on the rule of law, the...