Cybersex in the Anti-Development State: Labor Politics and Life Histories

This project aimed to deepen public understanding of cybersex by situating this phenomenon in the intersection of the ICT economy, technology, and service work in the Philippines. By closely examining cybersex in two case study sites—Olongapo City, Zambales and Angeles City, Pampanga—the researchers probe on pressing concerns about the effects of capitalist-driven information technology on labor conditions and relations in the sex industry.

This project was awarded funding by the International Development Research Centre-Singapore Internet Research Center’s (IDRC-SIRC) Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance II Programme (SIRCA II) on 1 January 2012. 

Book Chapter

Cybersex as Affective Labour: Critical Interrogations of the Philippine ICT Framework and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South
Elinor May Cruz and Trina Joyce Sajo

Journal Article 

Exploring the Cybersex Phenomenon in the Philippines
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Elinor May Cruz and Trina Joyce Sajo