WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) at 4 pm on Monday, July 25, at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, the first in his six-year term in office.
The younger Marcos is poised to bare his top plans for a country still reeling from the long-lasting impacts of a pandemic that began two years ago.
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SONA seen to be broken down, maximized by Marcos vloggers
It’s no problem if not all supporters of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were able to comprehend his highly technical State of the Nation Address (SONA) – because the President’s network of vloggers will be behind him to produce positive content about the SONA and up his image, according to Rappler reporter Rambo Talabong.
Talabong, who follows Marcos disinformation networks, said in Rappler’s post-SONA panel that his speech was essentially still targeting his supporter base. “Napakadaling i-process ‘yan [ng factory of Marcos content creators] on the ground to the people who might have tuned out now, pero for the next few days [and] few weeks, marami pang manonood diyan,” he said.
(It’s easy for the factory of Marcos content creators to process [the SONA] on the ground to people who might have tuned out now, but for the next few days and weeks, many will still watch it.)
Marcos’ own YouTube channel, which is active in uploading vlogs, may also create content like behind-the-scenes videos that will sustain attention on the SONA, Talabong said.
“This SONA is also part of a grander narrative, at magagamit din at magagamit ng kanyang base na maaaring nasa echo chamber… At merong mga taong papaliwanag para sa mga bagay na hindi maintindihan,” he said. (His base, who may be in echo chambers, will surely milk the SONA… And there are people who will explain things that are difficult to understand.)
