Lesson 10

• Areas where the power and influence of media and information is greatly observed:

  1. Economy
  2. Education
  3. Social
  4. Politics
• E - commerce, short for electronic commerce , is the use of technology or any connected network (typically the Internet) in order to complete a business transaction
• Learning is no longer enclosed in the four corners of the classroom . Learning Management Systems (LMS) allow educational institutions to deliver learning materials with the use of an online platform
• With the aid of social media, “netizens” can already reach a large number of people to share information and talk about common interests and advocacies
• Some events in the history where social media has been used to create change around the world.

  1. Libyan Revolution
  2. Arab Spring
  3. Ukrainian Revolution
• Social marketing refers to using business and marketing techniques to encourage people in adopting certain behaviors that would lead to better physical and mental health, and eventually to wide-scale social change.
• E -governance , the use of technology to deliver services by the government to its citizens .
• Some Advantages of Media and Information

  1. Accessibility
  2. Sources of entertainment
  3. The exposure to the vast information available today is overwhelming.
• Some Disadvantages of Media and Information

  1. Fake news
  2. The Internet is also a rich source of content, but that included the inappropriate kind.
  3. Anonymity
  4. Cyberbullying
  5. Cybercrimes