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The document discusses the role of ICT in social change and advocacy in the Philippines, citing examples like the People Power Revolution and Typhoon Yolanda. It also covers digital citizenship principles and the nine elements of being a digital citizen, such as digital access, literacy, etiquette, law, and security.

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Et Q4W2 Ict As Platform For

The document discusses the role of ICT in social change and advocacy in the Philippines, citing examples like the People Power Revolution and Typhoon Yolanda. It also covers digital citizenship principles and the nine elements of being a digital citizen, such as digital access, literacy, etiquette, law, and security.

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ICT AS PLATFORM FOR

SOCIAL
CHANGE
The role of ICT in
Recent History
1. EDSA (People Power Revolution)

2. EDSA DOS

3. THE MILLION PEOPLE MARCH

4. YOLANDA PEOPLE FINDER


The role of ICT in
Recent History
1. EDSA (People Power Revolution)

The People Power Revolution lasted


from 1983 to 1986.
During a radio broadcast of Radyo
Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the
Filipinos to help end the regime of then
President Ferdinand Marcos. A major
protest took place along EDSA from
February 22 to 25, 1986 involving two
million Filipinos from different sectors.
The role of ICT in
Recent History
2. EDSA DOS

This is also known as the 2001 EDSA


REVOLUTION, happened during
January 17 to 21, 2001. It was fueled
after 11 prosecutors of then President
Joseph Estrada walked out of the
impeachment trial. As a result, the
crowd in EDSA grew over the course
of a few days through text brigades.
The role of ICT in
Recent History
3. THE MILLION PEOPLE MARCH

This is a series of protests that mainly


took place in Luneta Park from August 22
to 26, 2013.
It was to condemn the misuse of the
Priority Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF). Though dubbed as the Million
People March, the number of total
attendees was only around 400,000.
Despite that, it was still considered a
success and clearly demonstrated how
powerful social media campaigns are.
The role of ICT in
Recent History
4. YOLANDA PEOPLE FINDER

Recent storms in Philippine history


gave birth to the People finder database
powered by Google. During the super
typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a
vital tool for people across the globe to
track the situation of their relatives. This
proved to be successful and is now
adapted by more organizations to help
people track relatives during
calamities.
ICT as a medium for Advocacy

Ritu R. Sharma (1997) from the Academy for


Educational Development in her book “An
Introduction to Advocacy Training Guide”
describes advocacy as a tool for “putting a problem
on the agenda, providing a solution to that problem
and building support for acting on both the
problem and the solution”.
ICT as a medium for Advocacy

This definition expresses an important idea:


In a digital and networked age, advocacy is not
just about influencing public policy, but also and
first of all about influencing public opinion.
ICT as a medium for Advocacy

Advocacy is a process of supporting and enabling


people to express their views and concerns, access
information and services, defend and promote
their rights and responsibilities.
Change.org

Change.org is dubbed as the “world’s platform for


change” where anyone from the online community
can create a petition and ask others to sign it.
During the past times, petitions were only done
through signing a paper, usually done by a group
asking for signatures via travel. mission is to help
people from around the world create the change
they want to see.
Digital Citizenship
It refers to the utilization of information
technology (IT) to engage in society,
politics, and government.
K. Mossberger, et.al. define digital
citizens as ‘those who use the internet
regularly and effectively’.
Digital Citizenship Principles
1. Engage positively.
• Respect the rights of others
• Ask before tagging other people or posting
photos.
• Report offensive or illegal content
• Stand up and speak out about cyberbullying
• Do not respond to hurtful or nasty comments
• Speak to your parents or trusted adult about
upsetting online experiences.
• Report threats of violence
Digital Citizenship Principles
2. Know your online world.
• Learn how new skills will help you explore the
online world.
• Recognize online risks and how to manage them. •
Look out for suspicious emails and scams.
• Use secure websites for financial and retail
services.
• Keep passwords secret, strong and unique.
• Know how to report bullying behavior on social
media sites.
Digital Citizenship Principles
3. Choose consciously
• Choose privacy and security settings carefully
and check them regularly.
• Choose friends wisely online.
• Regularly review your connections and remove
people.
• If you have made a mistake, apologize, and take
down offensive material as soon as possible.
• Ask for permission before uploading pictures of
your friends.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

1. Digital Access.
This is perhaps one of the most
fundamental blocks to being a digital citizen.
However, due to socio-economic status,
location, and other disabilities, some
individuals may not have digital access.
Digital access is available in many remote
countries via cyber cafés and small coffee
shops.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

2. Digital Commerce.
This is the ability for users to recognize
that much of the economy is regulated
online. It also deals with the understanding of
the dangers and benefits of online buying
like in Shopee, using credit cards online,
online banking like G-cash etc.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

3. Digital Communication.
This element deals with understanding the
variety of online communication mediums
such as email (Gmail, Yahoo mail), instant
messaging, FB messenger, the variety of
apps, etc. There is a standard of etiquette
associated with each medium.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

4. Digital Literacy.
This deals with the understanding of how
to use various digital services. It is the ability
and knowledge needed to learn and teach
using technology tools.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

5. Digital Etiquette.
This is the expectation that various
mediums require a variety of etiquette.
Certain mediums demand more appropriate
behavior and language than others.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

6. Digital Law
This is where enforcement occurs for
illegal downloads, plagiarizing, hacking,
creating viruses, sending spams, identity
theft, cyberbullying, etc.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

7.Digital Rights and


Responsibilities.
This is the set of rights that digital citizens
have such as privacy, speech, etc.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

8. Digital Health and Wellness.


Digital citizens must be aware of the
physical stress placed on their bodies by
internet usage. They must be aware to not
become overly dependent on the internet
causing eye strain, headaches, stress
problems, and so on.
9 Elements of Digital Citizenship

9. Digital Security.
This simply means that citizens must take
measures to be safe by practicing using
difficult passwords, virus protection, backing
up data, etc.

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