POA - MIL

• anonymous - (of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name
• disseminate - spread (something, especially information) widely
• scarcer - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant
• whistleblower - is someone who reports waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, or dangers to public health and safety
• Data Privacy Act of 2012 – RA 10173
• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines – RA 8293
• Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 – RA 8792
• Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 – RA 10175
• Indigenous Media - is technology used for the exchange of information among people, communication that may take place within family members, communities, and in the marketplace
• Indigenous media and information are highly credible because they are near the source and are seldom circulated for profit.
• Things to consider in evaluating information:

  A - Accuracy

  A - Author

  C - Currency

  F - Fairness

  R - Relevance
• Alternative media - tend to be non-commercial projects that advocate the interests of those excluded from the mainstream.

  The downside is that a lot of the information being passed around is biased and inaccurate.
• Language – the technical and symbolic codes and conventions that media and information professional use.
• Creator - an individual, group of individuals, or an organization who serve as message makers.
• Content - the media and information text produced by the creator
• Consumer - the audience or the users of the media and information texts.
• Messages – the information sent from a source to a receiver.
• Audience – group of consumers who are exposed to the message.
• Codes - are systems of signs that when put together create meaning.
• Convention - standard norm that acts as a rule governing behavior
• Technical Code - Include editing, sounds, camera angles, types of shots and lighting
• Low angle - camera looks up, subject looks large, creates an impression of power
• Normal or straight angle - camera looks at the subject from eye-level – subject looks equal to viewer, who feels equal to, and may even identify with, subject
• High angle - camera looks down, subject appears small, creates an impression of weakness
• Frame - a single still picture or image
• Shot - the images that are filmed from the time the camera starts to the time it stops, with no cuts
• Sequence - a series of shots on the same subject
• Fade - go to black / go from black to picture; suggests passage of time, change of place
• Pan - camera moves from left-to-right or right-to-left across scene from one subject to another – can be used to create suspense
• Zoom - camera moves in (tight) or out (wide)
• Tilt - camera moves vertically, up or down
• Symbolic Code - Words, costumes, actions, or iconic symbols
• Producer - Finds the literary property, masterminds the marketing, hires the director and casts, oversees production.
• Director - Instructs the performers on how they should act based on the script.
• Scriptwriter - A writer who practices the craft of screenwriting.