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MIL:Reading Article
"Social Media in the Philippines is Widespread, but what is its"
Impact?
Base on this article answer the following guide question :
1. How did social networking help in the Philippine elections?
"In the Philippine elections, social networking or media platforms had helped in
tracking voting results via online surveys, tracking the situation and recording
anomalies, and assisting people in deciding which president or candidate to vote
for (by checking on their campaign ads which can enlighten who has the best quality
which fit). Finally , it has used as a"
platform for a cost-effective and low-cost campaign advertisement.
2. How did the Asia Foundation help the advocacies of some human rights-
based organizations?
"Asia Foundation has a long history of working with organizations that seek to
advance through technology , including sponsor ing the first Philippine Slogging
Summit in May 2005. Five years later, in a fast changing social media ecosystem,
they helped civil society organizations use technology to reach out to the genera l
public, as part of human rights advocacy work"
in the Philippines.
3. How did USAID and the authors help non-government organizations help in
their advocacies and objectives?
"USAID helped the first session of trainings was held in June 2010 .Thirty of the
37 human rights organizations that participated, including representatives from the
Commission on Human Rights, established"
"official Twitter profiles, while 16 established official Facebook accounts .
Monthly monitoring of these social media accounts reveals that they are"
"still active, with an average of one human rights-related post per week."
4. How did Ardan Sali of the Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace inthe
Philippines use social networking in its advocacies?
The Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace's Ardan Sali used his blog to design a Tiyakap
Kawagib prototype website. He managed to show his knowledge of website architecture
by organizing the site's pages in a clean
and user-friendly interface.