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Kasuya, Yuko.

“Patronage of the past and future: Legislators' decision to impeach President Estrada of
the Philippines.” The Pacific Review 20 Aug 2006: 521-540. Online.

This article addresses the question using the case of President Estrada's impeachment in the
Philippines in November 2000. It explained why some members of Estrada's party, Laban ng
Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMP), decided to endorse the impeachment of the president. After
reading the article, I find that LAMP legislators' impeachment decision was influenced largely by their
consideration of patronage from Estrada in the past as well as its value in the future. In this article, two
factors are highlighted. First, the LAMP members who had switched their party affiliation to LAMP after
the 1998 election were more likely to endorse the impeachment than those who were already LAMP
members in 1998. The primary explanation for this behaviour, according to the article, is that the new
switchers received little campaign contribution from Estrada during the previous election campaign.
Second, LAMP members who faced the term limit rule were more likely to endorse the impeachment
than continuing members, most probably because the departing members accorded less value to future
presidential patronage than the continuing members. This is a useful source for it involves media as a
venue for endorsing the impeachment of the president by some of his party members. I would use this
source to show how powerful media can be when used wisely, like how those departed members of
LAMP used media as an avenue to retaliate and fight against Estrada.

Soderlund, Walter. “The impact of the Aquino assassination on the press image of Ferdinand Marcos:
Transformation or amplification?” Communication Reports 21 May 2009: 36-42. Print.

This article shows the aftermath of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino’s assassination; the negative shift of
Marcos’ image in the eyes and the hearts of the Filipinos and the international media. In the article, it
has been suggested that Western press coverage played a crucial role in the withdrawal of U.S. support
from Ferdinand Marcos and thus indirectly contributed to his subsequent fall from power in 1986. The
assassination of prominent Marcos critic Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino in August 1983 is cited as a key event
in turning American support with respect to long‐time ally Marcos. This study of press coverage on the
Philippines in leading newspapers of the U.S. (The New York Times), the U.K. (The Times/Sunday
Times),and Canada (The Globe and Mait) in 1983, focusing on descriptive words and phrases used with
respect to Marcos, examines empirically how the Aquino assassination affected Marcos’ image in terms
of transformation and amplification. This is a useful source for my research; Ninoy’s assassination was
the spark in every Filipinos hearts to revolt, using media as an avenue to encourage other people to
stand against Marcos. The international leading newspapers from U.S., U.K., and Canada wrote how this
major event changed the image of Marcos among the eyes of everybody. Some of the columnists even
wrote predictions on what will happen next and how did it affect the world in general.
Arugay, Aries. “The Accountability Deficit in the Philippines: Implications and Prospects for Democratic
Consolidation.” Philippine Political Science Journal 17 Feb 2012: 63-88. Print.

This article attempts to expose the manifestations of the “accountability deficit” in the
Philippines by looking at the problems, limitations, and inadequacies of elections and horizontal state
agencies of restraint as institutions of accountability. It also probes into the emergence of an alternative
means known as “societal accountability”, using the resignation, impeachment, and ouster (RIO)
campaign against then President Joseph Estrada as a case study. This article concludes with some
thoughts on the implications of the accountability deficit to the prospects for democratic consolidation
in the Philippines. Like my earlier resources on the RIO campaign against Estrada, this would add some
information on the idea of societal accountability. It is mentioned in the dissertation made by the same
author, Arugay but in this article, he focuses more on the presence of media and its contributions on the
emergence of societal accountability which is one of the reasons on the problems and issues inside
Estrada’s Administration.

Horsfield, Bruce. “Communication for Social Revolution.” Journal of International Communication 04 Apr
2012: 52-66. Online.

On Saturday, 22 February, 1986, anti-Marcos Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and General Fidel
Ramos were tipped off that they were about to be arrested by Marcos. They moved decisively with
about 100 soldiers to Camps Crame and Aguinaldo in the eastern suburbs of Metro Manila and declared
their support for Corazon Aquino, whom Marcos had just cheated out of an election victory. A political
crisis ensued in which the world press showed People Power prevailing against the armed forces of
Marcos. Journalists and writers have since analysed People Power and from that literature several
consensual accounts can be identified, favouring in turn the Catholic Church under Cardinal Sin and
helped by its Radio Veritas, the US State Department and the CIA, the Philippine Left and Christian
citizens of Metro Manila. These themes are either religious or secular or some of both, depending on
the writer. The following research challenges the dominant interpretations of People Power and adds
new information to the communication history of the fall of Marcos. The information regarding Radio
Veritas is my primary concern, because the book “The Marcos Dynasty” focuses more on the TV network
as a primary instrument to initiate the People Power Revolution. Radio Veritas also had a great impact
during the People Power Revolution, and the way they disseminated information and influenced
Filipinos could really help me in my research.
Minielli, Maureen. “The nonverbal communication of President Bill Clinton.” New Jersey Journal of
Communication 17 Mar 2009: 190-205. Online.

This essay examines the nonverbal communication of President Bill Clinton during both
presidential terms. This essay argues that Clinton was on a course of developing and refining his
nonverbal communication skills until the Lewinsky scandal surfaced. Previously following a personal
nonverbal communication style, Clinton was suddenly forced to switch communication strategies
emphasizing a public and private Clinton during the scandal. Once the scandal and subsequent
impeachment trial subsided, Clinton appears to be returning to the personal approach that has become
a hallmark of his presidency. The essay describes the actions of Clinton in front of the public during
interviews and press conferences before, during and after the said scandal. It highlights Clinton’s shift
when publicly seen and interviewed and what really occurs in his private life, how his personally changes
when faced with a big issue. I chose this essay as a reference for my research for it contains a lot of
information on Clinton’s personal life, and how media interacted during the heights of the scandal and
some of the media’s contribution to Clinton’s impeachment trial regarding his personality shifts.

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