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• UNESCO - recognizes that the Internet holds enormous potential for development.
• Digitalization and the accessibility of information through a wide range of devices have enormously increased the information resources available to people.
• Opportunities

  • Online Shopping
  • Citizen Journalism
  • Online Education
• Online Shopping - consumers can directly buy goods over the internet.
• Citizen Journalism - it is the collection of dissemination and analysis of news information by the general public, especially by the means of Internet.
• Online Education - anyone can earn a degree without having to attend face-to-face classes.
• Challenges

  • Age-Inappropriate Content
  • Illegal Content
  • Privacy invasion and Identity Theft
• Age-Inappropriate Content - With the unabated spread of media, one has to be very careful about access.
• Illegal Content - the internet has been and continues to be, used by unscrupulous people to further their illegal activities like human trafficking, the use of fraud, force, or coercion to obtain a commercial sex act or labor, and child pornography.
• Privacy Invasion and Identity Theft - Data posted on the Internet may be accessed and used for illegal activities. Personal information may be willing shared as pictures or text on social media or inadvertently given by users as part of such offerings as games or surveys.
• Phishing - a way to get sensitive personal information.
• Threats and Risks of Media and Information - It is stated in the Philippine Constitution that each person has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
• Libel/Slander - a person commits libel if he/she, with malice, publishes a false statement that is damaging to another person's reputation.
• Piracy


  The unauthorized duplication of copyrighted content that is then sold at substantially lower prices in the black market
• Piracy is illegal under the Cybercrime Law, which states that acquiring any digital copy of any copyrighted material is punishable by fine from Pho 200.000 to Phr 500.000 and six to twenty years in prison
• The Intellectual Property code and the Anti-Camcording Law were previously in place to combat piracy in the country
• Piracy is a form of theft


  It takes away from the producers and artists the rightful compensation due them such as patent / royalty fees, product sales revenues, etc.
• In 2011, the Washington-based office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) listed Quiapo in Manila among the 21 most "notorious markets" for pirated and counterfeit goods
• Piracy has proliferated via the Internet, aided mainly by the ease of access to technology
• Cybercrime Law


  The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (Republic Act No. 10175) covers all other online anomalies such as identity theft, child pornography, data misuse, cybersquatting and other computer-related and internet facilitated practices
• The Cybercrime Law became controversial in 2012-2013 since it also criminalizes libel in the online world, limiting certain exercises of freedom of expression
• Innovation


  The process of developing a new method or process or product that better serves existing uses or start to serve a previously unidentified need
• Media innovation


  • Includes the change in several aspects of the media landscape - from the development of new media platforms to new business models, to new ways of producing media texts
  • Changes in other areas such as education, society, economy and politics
• Over time, there are always areas for improvement and advancement in media
• Innovation in media


  • New media associated with telephones and communications
  • Computers and internet
  • Virtual worlds
  • Website games
  • Human-computer interface
  • Computer animation
  • Other related media improvements and advancements
• Media


  Plays a crucial role in strengthening society by helping us know current societal issues locally and globally, and enhancing teaching and learning processes in classrooms
• Forms of media


  • Short films
  • Written articles
  • Blog postings
  • Other digital media
• Modern technology used in classrooms


  • Interactive Smart Board
  • Chalk, blackboard, Manila paper, CDs, DVDs
• Using media in classrooms

  1. Start and facilitate discussion on opinion article

  2. Ask students if they agree with author's position and why/why not
• Media's power


  Should be harnessed to educate people, enlighten minds, and train people to form opinions and find solutions to societal problems
• Media's power appears unstoppable, as almost everyone is exposed to countless media images, advertisements, magazines, etc.
• With the advent of social media, we are connected in ways that were not possible before, with communication lines always open
• The way we deal with people, access information, and do business are all conducted with modern media, very different from before when magazines, newspapers and books were the prominent forms
• New media


  Has made it possible for an individual to offer products and services online
• The various media platforms are a means to augment people's income, and affect the economic progress and stability of the country
• Innovation in media has created new online job opportunities such as tutorials, airline booking, art selling, product reviews, blogging, photography, and other IT related jobs
• Social media was once an expensive platform for businesses to advertise, but nowadays, any media-literate person and business entity can set up their own brand to reach people and sell products and services easily
• With the wider internet reach in the Philippines and the corresponding increase in Filipino social media users, political individuals, parties, and government agencies have realized the effectiveness and power of social media platforms in terms of public communication
• Digital Diplomacy, also called

  e-diplomacy or digi diplomacy is a

  government's use of social media and information technology to communicate to the

  public, especially foreign public. Foreien ministries, embassies and other government agencies have social media accounts especially on Twitter and Facebook.
• Copyright


  Legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works