Dr Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Jason researches on media, migration, and multiculturalism as well as on digital media cultures in the global South.

Staff details

Dr Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Position

Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Media and Culture

Department

Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

Email

j.cabanes (@gold.ac.uk)

Jason's current research is on the entangled mediations of cross-cultural solidarities and intimacies across the world. He also does work on digital media cultures in relation to the political, socio-economic, and cultural realities of the global South. He is co-author/co-editor of three books and has published in numerous top-tier journals. He is presently completing his full-length book on media and postcolonial racism, which will be published by New York University Press.

Areas of supervision:
media and migration; media and multiculturalism; media and global intimacies; digital media cultures in the global South

Academic qualifications

  • PhD in Communications Studies (University of Leeds)
  • MA in Communication (Ateneo de Manila University)
  • BA in Communication (Ateneo de Manila University)

Publications and research outputs

Article

Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Luna, Mia Franchesca. 2024. Digital media research from beyond the West: theoretical directions from Philippine-based journals. Online Media and Global Communication, 3(2), pp. 261-289. ISSN 2749-9049

Cabañes, Jason Vincent. 2023. The transnationality of mobile media and contemporary racisms: A future research agenda. Mobile Media & Communication, 11(1), pp. 88-94. ISSN 2050-1579

Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Uy-Tioco, Cecilia. 2022. Glocal intimacies: Theorizing mobile media and intimate relationships. Communication, Culture & Critique, 15(4), pp. 463-470. ISSN 1753-9129

Book

Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Santiago, Fernando. 2023. Consuming Digital Disinformation: How Filipinos Engage with Racist and Historically Distorted Online Political Content. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. ISBN 9789815104523

Book Section

Edwards, Lee; Bourne, Clea D.; Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Castro, Gisela. 2025. Editors' Introduction: What is Promotional Culture Today? In: Lee Edwards; Clea Bourne; Jason Vincent Cabañes and Gisela Castro, eds. The Sage Handbook of Promotional Culture and Society. London: Sage, xxi-xxxiv. ISBN 9781529602623

Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Uy-Tioco, Cecilia S.. 2024. K-dramas as a space for cross-cultural exchange? Counter-flow and its entanglements with soft power and promotional culture. In: Lee Edwards; Clea D. Bourne; Jason Vincent Cabañes and Gisela Castro, eds. The Sage Handbook of Promotional Culture and Society. London: Sage, pp. 340-352. ISBN 9781529602623

Cabañes, Jason Vincent. 2023. Mediating multiculturalism in postcolonial Southeast Asia. In: Matthew Powers, ed. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Edited Book

Edwards, Lee; Bourne, Clea D.; Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Castro, Gisela, eds. 2025. The Sage Handbook of Promotional Culture and Society. London: Sage. ISBN 9781529602623

Cabañes, Jason Vincent and Uy-Tioco, Cecilia, eds. 2020. Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia: Reconfiguring Local Ties and Enacting Global Relationships. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 9789402417890

Report

Soriano, Cheryll Ruth; Cabañes, Jason Vincent; Bernadas, Jan Michael; Tarroja, Maria Caridad and Mata, Kimberly Kaye. 2022. How Filipino Youth Identify and Act on Bullying and Harassment on Social Media. Project Report. De La Salle University, Social Development Research Center, Manila, Philippines.

Ong, Jonathan Corpus and Cabañes, Jason Vincent. 2019. Politics and Profit in the Fake News Factory: Four Work Models of Political Trolling in the Philippines. Project Report. NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Riga, Latvia.

Ong, Jonathan Corpus and Cabañes, Jason Vincent. 2018. Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines. Project Report. Newton Tech4Dev Network.