The Virgin Mary with a mobile phone: Ideologies of mothering and technology consumption in Philippine television Advertisements
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Communication
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Communication, Culture and Critique
Volume
8
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
19
Publication Date
3-1-2015
Abstract
In the Philippines, mobile phones are actively used across the population, including the large numbers of Filipino citizens working abroad, a majority of them women. This article investigates how television advertising of mobile phones engages culturally relevant roles of mothers to attract women as technology consumers. Using semiotic analysis, the article explores how these promotional messages perpetuate mothering ideologies and propose how best to harness communication technologies in the service of motherhood in this glocal setting. Within a predominantly Catholic and Marian nation, images of the efficient, nurturing, and self-sacrificial mother should not be viewed as benign or power-neutral. Strategies to increase market share in an increasingly competitive sector perpetuate multiple subjectivities. © 2014 International Communication Association
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1111/cccr.12070
Recommended Citation
Soriano, C. R., Lim, S., & Sanchez, M. R. (2015). The Virgin Mary with a mobile phone: Ideologies of mothering and technology consumption in Philippine television Advertisements. Communication, Culture and Critique, 8 (1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/cccr.12070
Disciplines
Communication
Keywords
Cell phones; Advertising—Telecommunication; Housewives as consumers; Women consumers; Mothers
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