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I. Introduction
The information age voted for many inventions and innovations. According to
James Robert Messenger, the Father of the information age, “the Information Age is a
truly new age based upon the interrelationship of computers via telecommunications,
with these information structure operating on both a real time and as needed basis.
Furthermore, the primary factors driving this new age forward are convenience and
user-friendliness, which, in turn, will create user dependence”.
Many different inventions came about, and the Internet is one of the
breakthroughs. The Internet allowed people to gather and share information in just one
click. It also improves education quality, provides effective communication, and offers a
progressive approach in our daily lifestyle. On the other hand, it changes how we
communicate verbally and how we write messages such as we don't care about the
proper grammar and spelling of words anymore. Creating and sharing information
through social media made different standpoints in our way of life, either positively or
depressingly.
In this module, we will expound the effects of social media on our lives. How
social media formed and various laws related to its use.
II. Objectives/Competencies
III. Pre-test
For 20 points, describe at least two advantages and disadvantages of the following
social media platforms.
a. Facebook
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b. YouTube
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c. Instagram
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In this activity, think of a device with unique features that you can develop to help
improve people's lives in our society. It could be something that you can create to aid in
communication, transportation, health, and the like. Illustrate your device. (30 points)
The roots of social media stretch far more in-depth than you would possibly
imagine. However, it looks like a replacement trend; sites like Facebook are the natural
outcome of the many centuries of social media advancement.
In the last decade of 1800s, two important discoveries happened, the telephone in
1890 and the following year, 1891, radio was invented.
Both technologies are far more sophisticated than their antecedents. Telephone
lines and radio signals empowered people to speak across great distances
instantaneously, which humankind had never experienced earlier.
Technology began to change very swiftly in the 20th Century. After creating the
primary supercomputers within the 1940s, scientists and engineers started to develop
ways to make networks between those computers, which later caused the Internet to
arise.
During the 1960s, the earliest forms of the Internet, such as CompuServe, were
developed. And during this time, primitive sorts of the email was also developed.
Networking technology had improved in the 70s, and UseNet granted users to speak
through a virtual newsletter in the 1970s.
Home computers were becoming more ordinary, and social media was becoming
more sophisticated during the 1980s. Internet relay chats, or IRCs, were first utilized in
1988 and continued to be famous well into the 1990s.
The first distinguishable social media site, Six Degrees, was developed in 1997.
It permitted users to upload a profile and make friends with other users. In 1999, the
primary blogging sites became popular, creating a social media sensation that’s still
popular today.
After the creation of blogging, social media began to break out in popularity. Sites
like Myspace and LinkedIn acquire prominence in the early 2000s, and sites like
Photobucket and Flickr facilitated online photo sharing. YouTube soared in 2005,
creating an entirely new way for people to connect and share across great ranges.
Twitter and Facebook both became available to users throughout the planet in
2006. These sites remain the foremost popular social networks on the web. Other sites
like Pinterest, Spotify, Foursquare, and Tumblr began going up to fill specific social
networking niches.
Today, there’s an incredible sort of social networking site, and numerous are
often linked to permit cross-posting. These create an environment where users can
reach the maximum number of individuals without sacrificing personal communication
intimacy. We can only speculate about what the forthcoming of social networking may
look within the next decade or maybe 100 years from now, but it seems clear that it will
be present in some scheme for as long as humans are breathing.
Social media is a mighty revolution that has changed our lives. It has changed
how we socialize, conduct our businesses, engage in political affairs, shape
professions, and set job recruitments.
According to 2019 Social Media Statistics, these are the significant ways that
these platforms have impacted our society:
1. Socialization
How people socialize has been dramatically revolutionized with platforms like
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It has made it effortless to connect to our relatives,
friends and family members on actual time basis. With social media, humans can share
pictures and videos and communicate with their close ones. It has strengthened
relationships, bringing families together in a way that was not possible in the past.
Families, friends, relatives, and businesses can share skills and improve on different
abilities. Additionally, human get to make and meet new acquaintances.
2. Business
3. Politics
Social media has impacted politics in some ways. Nowadays, most people get
their news; in some cases, this is often before the media houses do. It's the
medium that provides the most uncomplicated access to political and other information.
These online platforms also grant people to air out their political grievances to their
political leaders and demand actions. Forming political rallies, administering campaigns,
and even political unrest felt in this medium.
4. Job Hiring
5. Education
Child pornography via computer carries a penalty one degree above that
provided by RA 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009. Under RA 9775, those
producing, disseminating, or distributing child pornography will be fined from P50 000 to
P5 million and slapped a maximum jail term of reclusion perpetua or 20 to 40 years.
On March 02, 2020, the first guilty verdict in a cyber-libel case returned against a
local politician, Archie Yongco, of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur. He was found guilty of
falsely accusing another local politician of murder-for-hire via a Facebook post, which
he deleted minutes later. The court was unconvinced by his denial that he posted the
message, and he was sentenced to eight years in jail and ordered to pay damages of
₱610,000 (US$12,175).
Application
Create a short-length video about the effects caused by COVID-19 pandemic in your
home with a maximum length of 10 minutes. The content may consist of images,
interviews, or motion images. Upload your stories through an fb messenger or any
social media platform you can easily use. Take note that in creating your video, do not
forget to respect the rights of those who will be included in your story.
V. Reflection/Learning Insights
1. Enumerate five things that will happen to you in a week without technology.
2. Give five types of technology that will not complete your day without it, and
why?
VI. Post-test
1. Social media goes back to some of the earliest Internet technologies and even
predates the Internet.
a. True b. False
2. Since the beginning of social media, there has been an enormous rise in
creativity among the public .
a. True b. False
3. Apple and Microsoft are two examples of how open-source companies can
become global leaders in their industries.
a. True b. False
a. True b. False
a. True b. False
a. True b. False
1. What is your opinion about the food bloggers in Korea who were involved
in anomalies? Are they guilty or not?
2. What can you say to bloggers who show their sexiness or say negative
things to increase their viewers?
3. If you are acquainted with any blogger, it is best to interview them for a
broader opinion.
4. Generalize your work.
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