ICT as a Platform for Social Change

• advocacy


  process of supporting and enabling people to express their views and concerns
• advocacy


  any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, argues for a cause, supports or defends, or pleads on behalf of others
• Kaplan, M. (2012)


  said that "advocacy in a democracy is about getting what you want out of the government. in a democracy, which is a collection of voices, it is everyone's job to use their voice to remind the government about what people want"
• change.org


  dubbed as the "world's platform for change" where anyone from the online community can create a petition and ask others to sign it
• best features


  raising awareness regarding important issues is one of ICT's _______
• change.org's mission


  to help people from around the world evoke the change that they want to see
• change.org


  hosts several petitions that help the following problems: economic problems, criminal injustice, abuse of human rights, lack of education, environmental concerns, animal abuse, human health concerns, and world hunger
• development


  an act or process of developing something
• development


  it's a gradual formation which doesn't happen overnight!
• communication


  the process of passing on a message from the sender to the receiver
• development communication


  an approach to communication that provides communities with the information that they can use in bettering their lives
• development


  growth in our psychomotor capacity (cognitive, emotional, social) which can happen unconsciously; is qualitative
• growth


  an irreversible constant increase in size; is quantitative and linear
• ICT4D


  stands for ICT for Development
• ICT4D


  application of ICT toward social, economic, and political development with a particular emphasis on helping poor and marginalized people and communities
• ICT4D


  the decentralized movement dedicated to making access to digital technologies more equitable, with the goals of bridging the digital divide and advancing global economic development
• equity


  giving to people based on what they need
• equality


  giving everyone the same privilege
• 1986 People Power Revolution


  a three-day series of protests against Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
• 1986 People Power Revolution


  was named after Epifanio de Los Santos Avenue (or EDSA) where the majority of the protests took place
• February 22


  when the 1986 EDSA revolution started
• February 25


  when the 1986 EDSA revolution ended
• Radio Veritas


  the ICT used in the 1986 People Power Revolution
• Francisco Nemenzo


  the former president of the University of the Philippines who emphasized the importance of Radio Veritas
• EDSA 2001


  called by the local media EDSA II or the 2nd People Power Revolution (EDSA Dos)
• EDSA 2001


  a four-day political protest from January 17 to 20, 2001 that peacefully ended the administration of former President Joseph Estrada
• text brigade


  aka a black propaganda movement
• text brigade


  the fastest and cheapest way of relaying messages to that time of the 2001 EDSA revolution
• Pork Barrel


  a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013.
• pork barrel


  several demonstrations happened around key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas, which was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)
• Facebook and change.org


  the ICT platforms that were used to organize and promote the pork barrel protest
• People Finder


  was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives
• Pork barrel


  aka the Million People March
• People Finder


  this proved to be successful and is now adopted by more organizations to help people track relatives during calamities
• Google


  People Finder's database is powered by ______