Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION V - BICOL
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE CITY
MASBATE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
MASBATE CITY

Media and Information Literacy

Learning Activity Sheet
Quarter 3 – Module 7

Name of Student: ________________________________

Learning Area Grade Level: _________________________________
Date: _____________________________

I. What I Need To Know

My warmest greetings to my beloved learner! This module is here to help you gain
understanding about digital divide, addiction and bullying which commonly happened in
social media. It gives you to have awareness of the pros and cons it can bring to our life. And
this knowledge could guide us face the challenges we can encounter with these different
issues which involve with the use of internet. The scope of this module permits it to be used
in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of the learners. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• Create a campaign add to combat digital divide, addiction and bullying

Specifically, you will:

1. define the following: digital divide, computer addiction and cyber bullying;
2. discuss current issues about digital divide, computer addiction and cyber bullying and
explain the proper netiquette to address these situations; and
3. develop a campaign ad to combat digital divide, computer addiction and cyber bullying.

II. Lesson Objective:

 Create a campaign add to combat digital divide, addiction, and bullying
 Cite an example of an issue showing the power of media and information to affect
change
III. Learning Skills
LESSON Digital Divide, Computer
7 Addiction and Cyber Bullying
Technology is very significant in our life specially in using the internet. It makes our
works in schools, offices and at home easier and faster in communication,8 researches, doing
business and other online transactions. It greatly helps continue education despite of the
pandemic. The world in the internet is not a hundred percent safe for us users. We should
bear in mind to follow laws and rules in order to be protected from any cybercrime. This

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE CITY
MASBATE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
MASBATE CITY

issue shall be discussed in detail in the succeeding activities of this module and how to
conquer these problems.

What Is It

Digital Divide (DD)

Are all members in the family having skills in digital manipulation? How your parent does
enroll you in the school this year? In what way, you communicate your family and friends
afar from you?

Some of you may answers differently like not all members have the ability to use technology
while other family members can, some experience enrolling via online while others went to
their respective barangay to get the enrolment forms and lastly, others may be through letters
or basic phone call while other can have video call as a form of communication. These are
simple scenarios that we experience of what we called digital divide.

Digital divide pertains to the social and economic imbalance of the opportunities to access to,
use of or knowledge of information and communication technology (ICTs). It is referring to a
gap between sector in the community who can access, has the skills and has desire to the
internet and those who cannot. The unequal opportunity of the internet acquisition is caused
by the differences of skills, motivations and preferences of use based on category such as
personal category (gender, age, race/ethnicity, personality, intelligence and Health),
positional category (education, occupation, household and nation) and the resources category
(economic, social and cultural capital) status of a person. The divides arise due to lack of
knowledge on how to manipulate the technology and understanding of its benefits as well and
some cannot afford to access because the income is low.

We can able to overcome this phenomenon by:

1. lowering the cost of internet connection in the house
2.a law should be created to make all public places should have free internet access set by the
government.
3. the different LGUs and NGOs should conduct a forum about the advantage of technology
and how to use the advance technology in rural areas.
4. the parents should be given with trainings related to technology by the schools and libraries.

Computer Addiction (CD)

Internet is significant to man’s life. It widens the spectrum of communication and accessing
information. It’s easy to connect to the people far from us. Let me ask you these following
questions.
1. Are you absentminded because you are thinking of an online activity?
2. Do you spend more time in the internet before you are satisfied?
3. Have you tried to stop using the internet (like playing online games) chatting but fail to do
it?
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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE CITY
MASBATE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
MASBATE CITY

4. Is your education, relationship of the family and friends or works affected by using the
internet?
5. Is your behavior becoming moody, irritable or depressed if you cannot use the internet?
6. Are you escaping meal or sleep late in using the internet?
7. Does internet give you comfort in times of problem or having bad mood?

When your answers have many YES, then it’s a sign that you are experiencing Internet
Addiction Disorder (IAD) or known as Computer Addiction.

What is Computer Addiction?

Computer Addiction means the inability to control the desire of using the technology (like
computers, smartphones and internet) or an extreme use of the computer which makes the
person uneasy or anxiety in the absence of the gadgets. Wherein the daily routine in life like
work, eating or sleep are affected that could lead to social problem, change in behavior,
relationships and though process. The three reason why computer addiction exist are
depression, loneliness and social acceptance where young people commonly experience.

Types of Computer Addiction

1. Information Overload - excessive online surfing resulted to inefficient at work and have
less family interconnection
2. Compulsion- over time spent in online activities like gaming, bartering of stocks, gambling
which cause to a problem at work
3. Cybersex addiction- exceed time spent in surfing porn sites that could interfere one’s
relationship
4. Cyber- relationship- excessive time spent in social networking sites to make relationship
online than spending time to real persons like family and friends

Different Symptoms of a computer addict person

1. Emotional Symptoms- feeling of guilt, anxiety, depression, dishonesty, feeling of great
happiness or excitement (euphoric) in front of the computer, defensive, distress, escaping of
work, isolation and cannot follow schedule
2. Physical Symptoms - backpain, headache, increase or decrease of weight, sleep disorder,
carpal tunnel syndrome, blurred or strain visions

Computer Addiction can be prevented through:

1. set limit in using computers and doing online activities.
2. talk to your family and friends and mingle with them most of the time.
3. organize a non-computer related activity like sports
4. place your gadgets away from you when not needed

Cyber Bullying

In this time, social media is significant tool like in communication, and updating information.

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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE CITY
MASBATE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL
MASBATE CITY

As the result from the survey of Stairway foundation reported in a news that 80% of young
people ages 7 to 16 are victims of cyber bullying through social media. The term bullying
“refers to any severe, or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or
electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at
another student that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear
of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at
school for the other students; infringing on the rights of another students at school; such as,
but not limited the following:
1. Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like punching,
pushing, shoving, kicking, slapping, tickling, headlocks, inflicting school pranks,
teasing, fighting and the use of available objects as weapons;
2. 2. Any Act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and /or emotional well-being;
3. 3. Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional
distress like directing foul language or profanity at the target, name - calling,
tormenting and commenting negatively on victim’s looks, clothes and body.”
(Republic Act No. 10627-Anti-Bullying Act)

Bullying happens in face to face (like in school) while cyber-bullying happens in a

cyberspace (means in interconnected digital technology).

What is cyber bullying?

Cyber bullying is a type bullying done online with the use of technology like computers,
laptops, and cellphone that can destroy the physical and emotional aspect of the victim
(called as bullied) by the one who does the act (refers as bully). This problem is associated
with the use of internet and different platforms like text messaging, chatting, emails, websites
and social networking sites. The different forms of cyberbullying are posting shameful
pictures or videos in social media, sending threatening or hurtful messages through chatting
or text messages. The bullying act happens

Cyberbullying can be prevented by doing the following:

1. Be optimistic person.
2. Share to the person whom you can trust with.
3. Keep your password by yourself. Don’t share it.
4. Always check the content before posting or sharing.
5. Always log out your account after using.
6. Respect and love other people and yourself.

IV. LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Assessment

i. Family Symposium. It’s time for you to share what you have learned my dear learner
to your family. It’s one way of showing our care and love to them by giving

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MASBATE CITY

awareness in using internet for them to acquire skills and be safe in accessing
information.
1. You may conduct a symposium to your family members at home.
2. Make documentation in a form of video or pictures with narrative report.

ii. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. It refers to the inequalities of the different sectors in the community to access, use of or
knowledge of information and communication technology.
a. Digital advancement b. Digital divide
c.Digital Literacy d.Digital skills
2. This is a factor that create digital divide.
a. Age b. Education c.Occupation d..All of the Above
3. It is an action to bridge digital divide.
a. Attend technological trainings to develop the skills
b. Read a lot of books in the library to access information
c.Manipulate technology like smartphone, computer and internet
d.Both a and c
4. The following statements are reasons why digital divide exist except one.
a. The person cannot afford to access the technology.
b. The person has a strong motivation to learn how use the technology.
c.The person refuses to have knowledge of the advance technology
d. The person has less information about the benefits of technology.
5. The group of individuals having high opportunity to acquire digital skills.
a. professional and students b. grandparents at home
c. group of disabled person d.people living in rural areas
6. It refers to the excessive use of technology like gaming.
a. Computer addiction b. Cyberbullying
c. Digital divide d.Digital skills
7. The following is a factor which leads to computer addiction.
a. depression b. loneliness c. social acceptance d. All of the above
8. It is a type of computer addiction which spent much time in online gaming or gambling.
a. compulsion b. cybersex c. Cyber relationship d. Information overload
9. These are symptoms of a person experiencing computer addiction except one.
a. anxiety and distress b. sleep disorder and backpain
c.defensive and dishonesty d.social acceptance and compulsion
10. It is a way to fight computer addiction.
a. spends more time to family and friends and do non- computer related activities
b. turns off the cellphone when somebody call to avoid using the gadgets
c. keeps listening to a music while playing online games.
d. all of the above
11. It refers to the act of harassing other people using technology like computer, laptop, or
cellphone.
a. bullying b. cyberbullying c. compulsion d. cyber relationship
12. It is an example of cyber bullying.
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a. posting pictures of other people for fun

b. hurting someone through punching
c. sending threatening messages through messenger
d. Both a and c
13. It is a law which protect the bullied from a bully individual known as Anti-bullying Act
a. Republic Act 10175 b. Republic Act 10627
c. Republic Act 10672 d. Republic Act 10762
14.The way you can do to avoid being a victim of cyber bullying.
a. Sign out your account after using specially in public places
b. Do not tell and share your password to other people.
c.Avoid using social media like Facebook.
d.Both a and b
15.The best way you can do when you are cyber bullied is______.
a. Keep quiet so that no one will know.
b. Fight back by doing the same what he/she did
c.Find a person that you trust and seek for help
d.All of the above

V. ANSWER KEY

Prepared by:

Sharon R. Almodal
SHS-Teacher/TIII

CYRELL JOY P. SAMPAGA

MIL Teacher

Checked by:

MARK BRYAN B. LOTERTE

GAS Coordinator/MT-II

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