Promoting Media and

Information Literacy as a
Framework for Youth Civic
Participation

Mr. Arniel V. Ping, LPT

St. Stephen’s High School
Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL)
Guide Questions
1. Who are the youth?
2. What is civic participation?
3. What are some examplesof
civic participation?
4. Why is Media and Information
Literacy important to civic
participation?
5. How can the youth apply MIL
skills as they participate in
civic life?
Who are the youth?
Youth are persons aged Youth are those who are
between 15 and 24 years aged 15 - 30 years (Republic
(UNESCO). Act 8044 - The Youth in
Nation-Building Act)
The Youth Population

Youth population (15-24 years old) as of January 2020

19.8 million
Labor Force Survey
Philippine Statistics Authority
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,2020)
Civic Participation
“Any activity […] performed
outside the boundaries of the
family and household that
directly or indirectly attempts
to promote the quality of life
of others, and that may make
the community or society a
better place to live” (Smith et
al., 2017).
Examples of Civic Participation
1. Political Involvement
2. Community Research
3.Advocacy and Education
4. Philanthropic Giving
5. Participation in Association

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT 1

Participate in processes of
government such as
campaigning and voting.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
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POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT 1
Inquirer.net, February 18, 2021
According to COMELEC, the 4
million target new registered
voters only includes youth
who will be 18 years old by
2022. This number does not
include the 1.6 million youth
who registered already as SK
Voters (Gonzales, 2021).
(Inquirer / Nino JesusOrbeta) 8
 POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT 1
Facebook
posts by
COMELEC
Commissioner
Rowena V.
Guanzon

https://www.facebook.com/comelec.ph
https://comelec.gov.ph/
COMMUNITY RESEARCH 2
Explore your community to
learn about its assets and how it
is being affected by current
social problems.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
2
COMMUNITY RESEARCH 2
IMPACT “having an effect, benefit,
or contribution to
economic, social, cultural,
and other aspects of the
lives of citizens and society
beyond contributions to
academic research”
(Barnes as cited by
Hutchinson, 2018)
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION 3
Use your voice to persuade
decision-makers to make
choices that will benefit the
community.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
3
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION 3
Political voice is the “ability
to express your views and
interests and to influence
policy and decision-
making processes
(Menocal, 2014)

(Vinogradov Illya)
PHILANTROPIC GIVING 4
Donate funding or
needed items or
participate in fundraising
efforts.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
4
PHILANTROPIC GIVING 4
Participation in Associations 5

Participate in organizations
that focus on community

5
improvements.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
Participation in Associations 5
Type in the chat box the name
of the organization which you
are a member. Identify the
service they provide for the
community.

(Wagner, W. & Owen, J.E. as cited by Center for

Career and Community Engagement)
CHALLENGES TO
CIVIC PARTICIPATION
TYPES OF INFORMATION DISORDER
MISINFORMATION
Information that is false, but not created with the intention of
causing harm.

DISINFORMATION
Information that is false and deliberately created to harm a
person, socialgroup, organization or country.

MAL-INFORMATION
Information that is based on reality, used to inflict harm on a
person, organization or country.
(Ethical Journalism Network, n.d.).
TYPES OF INFORMATION DISORDER

(Wardle & Derakshan as cited by Wardle, 2018)

Philstar.com, February 12,2018

"Architects of Networked
Disinformation" by
Jonathan Corpus Ong
and Jason Vincent
Cabañes

(Cabico, 2018)
Coordinated inauthentic behavior
happened when “groups of pages
work together to mislead others about
who they are or what they are doing.”

“When we take down one of these

networks, it’s because of their
deceptive behavior. It’s notbecause
of the content they’re sharing. […]”

Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head

of security policy
(Mateo, 2020)
An INFODEMIC is an
overabundance of
information –some
accurate and some
not –occurring during
an epidemic.
(World Health
Organization, 2020)
“Our brains depend on
information to work
optimally. The quality of
information we engage
with largely determines
our perceptions, beliefs
and attitudes”
(UNESCO).
Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

WITH FACTS, we are able to

participate in civic life and
make INFORMED
DECISIONS.
 MEDIA AND
Use
INFORMATION LITERACY
(MIL) as a FRAMEWORK for
CIVIC PARTICIPATION
MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY (MIL)

“MIL is a set of competencies that empowers

citizens to access, retrieve, understand, evaluate
and use, create, as well as share information and
media content in all formats, using various tools,
in a critical, ethical and effective way, in order to
participate and engage in personal, professional
and societal activities”
(UNESCO, 2013).
Analyze and
evaluate sources
of information
effectively.

(Unsplash/ Julius Drost)

The SIFT Method by Mike Caufield

DO THE Stop and think before you take

anything as fact.

SIFT
Investigate the source.
Find better coverage.
Trace claims, quotes, and
media to the original context.
(Caufield, 2019)
Images (and videos) can be faked.

(Vera Files, 2020)

REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH (https://www.google.com/imghp)

“When you search with a picture, your results may include similar
images, the websites that contain these images, other sizes of the
picture you searched with” (Google Search Help).
REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH (https://www.google.com/imghp)
REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH (https://www.google.com/imghp)
TinEye (https://tineye.com/)
Media and Information Literacy (MIL)

GAUGE YOUR

EMOTIONAL
REACTION.
Media and Information Literacy (MIL)
CHECK YOUR

BIASES!
(Illustration by Sébastien Thibault)
Countering Confirmation Bias
1. Acknowledge it!
2. Get your news from a
wide range of credible
sources.
3. Read opinion columns
from a variety of
viewpoints.

(News Literacy Project,n.d.)

REMINDERS
▪ Civic participation is a
fundamental element of
Democracy. Youth civic
participation matters!
▪ MIL skills are transversal and
lifelong learning skills
▪ Disinformation is not our
friend.

(Pixabay/ Geralt)
REMINDERS
▪ Educate your family and
friends about MIL and fact-
checking. Do it withlove.
▪ Use MIL skills as you
participate in civic life.
▪ Register and vote. Use your
MIL skills in voting!

(Pixabay/ Geralt)
REMINDERS
▪ Guard your heart
(emotional reaction) and
mind (your biases) as you
engage with media
content and information.
▪ Continue learning!

(Pixabay/ Geralt)
References
Alagaran, J.R. II. (2017). Media and information literacy: Empower the
discerning audiences. Quezon City: Abiva Publishing House Inc.
Cabico, G. K. (2018, February 12). Ad, PR execs are ‘chief architects’ of
disinformation in Philippines — study.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/02/12/1787103/ad-pr-
execs-are-chief-architects-disinformation-philippines-study
Carlsson, U. (2019). Understanding Media and Information Literacy MIL) in
the Digital Age: A Question of Democracy. Gothenburg: University
of Gothenburg.
Caufield, M. (2019, June 19). SIFT (The Four Moves).
https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/
References
Center for Career and Community Engagement. (n.d.). Forms of
community engagement. https://www.lclark.edu/live/files/7418-
formsofcommunityengagement
Dacombe R. (2010) Civic Participation. In: Anheier H.K., Toepler S. (eds)
International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_126
Department of Global Communications. (2020, March 31). UN tackles
‘infodemic’ of misinformation and cybercrime in COVID-19 crisis.
https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/un-
tackling-%E2%80%98infodemic%E2%80%99-misinformation-and-
cybercrime-covid-19
References
Ethical Journalism Network. (n.d.). Information disorder.
https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/tag/fake-news/page/4
Gonzales, C. (2021, February 18). Comelec: 58M voters registered so far
for 2022 elections. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1397214/comelec-
58m-voters-registered-so-far-for-2022-elections#ixzz6oXMUMEzR
Mateo, J. (2020, October 1). Inauthentic behavior: The reason behind
the Facebook network takedown.
https://www.onenews.ph/explaining-coordinated-inauthentic-
behavior-the-reason-behind-the-facebook-network-
takedown?fbclid=IwAR3OsMUSPXRaqha108Rpx4wCX2e7tIXG_rQf9
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References
Menocal, A. R. (2014). What is political voice, why does it matter, and
how can it bring about change?. Development Progress
Discussion Paper and Infographics,(London: ODI).
News Literacy Project. (n.d.) Don’t let confirmation bias narrow your
perspective. https://newslit.org/tips-tools/dont-let-confirmation-
bias-narrow-your-perspective/
Philippine Statistics Authority. (n.d.). Youth (15-24 and 15-30 Years Old)
Household Population and Employment Status by Sex, Philippines:
2015 - July 2017
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/cls/Tab11_6.pdf
References
Philippine Daily Inquirer. (2020,June 24). Did You Know:Youth
population at 19.8 million as of January 2020.
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1296381/did-you-know-
730#ixzz6ojTUSm39
Smith, D. H., Stebbins, R. A., & Grotz, J. (Eds.). (2017). The Palgrave
handbook of volunteering, civic participation, and nonprofit
associations. Springer.
The Philippine Government. (n.d.). The Youth in Nation-Building Act
[Republic Act 8044].https://nyc.gov.ph/republic-act-8044/
Vera Files. (2020, July 29). Vera file fact check: Briones NEVER said ‘if we
die, we die’ on classes opening. https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-
files-fact-check-briones-never-said-if-we-die-we-die-cl
References
Wardle, C. (2018, July 9). Information disorder, part 3: Useful graphics .First
Draft. https://medium.com/1st-draft/information-disorder-part-3-
useful-graphics-2446c7dbb485
World Health Organization. (2020). 1st WHO infodemiology conference.
https://www.who.int/news-
room/events/detail/2020/06/30/default-calendar/1st-who-
infodemiology-conference
Image Credit
Page 1http://www.longbeach.gov/cityclerk/services/civic-engagement/
Page 2https://www.stratospherenetworks.com/blog/5-key-considerations-
for-overhauling-your-it-road-map-for-2020/
Page 3https://stock.adobe.com/ph/search?k=silhouette+teens
Page 5 Fotolia/mangostock as cited by UTNE
Page 8 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1397214/comelec-58m-voters-
registered-so-far-for-2022-elections#ixzz6oXMUMEzR
Page 9 Facebook page Rowena Guanzon
Page 19https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1094
Image Credit
Page 21 https://www.rwdfoundation.org/our-work/2020/5/19/first-draft-x-
rwdf
Page 22 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/02/12/1787103/ad-pr-
execs-are-chief-architects-disinformation-philippines-study

Page 25
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/eight_reasons_to_
distrust_your_own_perceptions

Page 30 Photo by Julius Drost on Unsplash

Image Credit
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said-if-we-die-we-die-cl
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help-you-measure-customer-emotion-and-sentiment/
Page 38 https://pixolog.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/colorful-editorial-
illustrations-by-sebastien-thibault/

Page 39https://newslit.org/tips-tools/dont-let-confirmation-bias-narrow-
your-perspective/
Image Credit
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Page 41-43 https://pixabay.com/illustrations/brain-turn-on-education-read-
book-605603/
PAMIL
Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy

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pamil.philippines@gmail.com
PAMIL
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November 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2020

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January 23 and 30,2021

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PAMIL
Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy

THANK YOU
VERY MUCH!
MR. ARNIEL PING, LPT
arnielping@gmail.com
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REZ ANDREW BERNARDO
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REZ ANDREW BERNARDO
CORRESPONDENT, ABS-CBN
Responsibility -
responsible
 Responsible
-having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as
part of one's job or role.

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
 Netizenship
-The term netizen is a portmanteau of the words Internet and citizen,
as in a "citizen of the net" or "net citizen". It describes a person actively
involved in online communities or the Internet in general.

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
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netizen?
Aware
Careful
Mindful of privacy.
Doesn't share fake news
Truthful
Credits
Not engage in Bullying
Giving knowledge
Respect
Sensitive
Human
Not abusing
Aware
Careful
Mindful of
privacy.
Doesn't share
fake news.
Truthful
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Not engage in
Bullying
Giving
knowledge
Respect
Sensitive
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Why we need to be
responsible netizen?
Self
Behavioral
Social
Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Self aspect
Behavioral
Social
Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Media | Information | Technology.
Make or break someone
1 Corinthians 10:23
"all things are allowed,” you say. but not all
things are good. “all things are allowed.” but
some things don’t help anyone.
Responsible
Netizenship
REZ ANDREW BERNARDO
CORRESPONDENT , ABS-CBN