Lesson 1

• Society – group of people that shares territory, interaction, and culture.
• FILIPINO SOCIAL MEDIA PHENOMENON –Filipinos earned the title of “Social Networking Capital of the World.”
• FILIPINO TEXT MESSAGING PHENOMENON - the art of texting provides Filipinos a convenient vehicle with which to express themselves
• ASWANG PHENOMENON - Filipinos equate aswang with the country’s social evils-more of a symbolic social evil which harms the people rather than a real monster.
• LEGISLATIVE - responsible for making laws
• EXECUTIVE - the one who implement the laws; responsible for the overall governance of the state
• JUDICIARY - the one who interpret the laws
• RECIPROCITY - transactions between two socially equal parties having the same status with regards to values of goods or services
• GENERALIZED RECIPROCITY - a form of transaction which utilizes gestures that expresses personal relationships than economic transaction
• BALANCED RECIPROCITY - the giver is expected to gain something in return
• NEGATIVE RECIPROCITY - practiced using deceiving ways to gain profit
• STATE INSTITUTION - have state functions and are established to govern the state
• NON-STATE INSTITUTION - International actors who are largely or completely autonomous from the state
• BANK - it is a place where people deposit or save their money
• CORPORATION - legal unit that is distinct from its owners.
• COOPERATIVES - jointly owned enterprises
• NON-GOV’T ORGANIZATIONS - It refers to an organization which is independent of government involvement