Lesson 7: Legal, Ethical, and

General Participants
Societal Issues in Media and
Report Writing Skills
Information
Group 5:
Alcayaga, Daisy Cabrera, Alicia Mae
Almario, Mea Capricho, John Vincent
Bantillo, Sarah May Crucillo, Hanny Rose
Buena, Mark Angelo
Lessons:
A. Copyright and Plagiarism
B. Cyber Bullying, Computer addiction, Digital Divide
C.Netiquette
D. Internet Cafe near Schools
A. Copyright
A legal term used to describe the rights that
creators have over their literary and artistic works.
Plagiarism
The act of using other person's words or ideas
without giving credit to that person.
The practice of taking someone else' s work and
ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Types of Plagiarism
( NOT CITED) (CITED)
The Ghost Writer The Forgotten Footnote
The Photocopy The Misinformer
The Potluck Paper The Too-Perfect Paraphrase
The Poor Disguise The Resourceful Citer
The Labor of Laziness The Perfect Crime
The Self-Stealer
Types of Plagiarism (Not cited)
The Ghost Writer- The writer turns in another's work,
word-for-word, as his or her own.
The Photocopy- The writer copies significant portions
of text straight from a single source, without
alteration.
Types of Plagiarism
The Potluck Paper- The writer tries to disguise
plagiarism by copying from several different sources,
tweaking the sentences to make them fit together
while retaining most of the original phrasing.
The Poor Disguise- The writer has altered the paper's
appearance slightly by changing key words and
phrases.
Types of Plagiarism
The Labor of Laziness- The writer takes the time to
paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and
make it all fit together.
The Self-Stealer- In self-stealer, the writer borrows, not
from other person’s works, but from his or her prior
works.
Types of Plagiarism (Cited)
The Forgotten Footnote- The writer mentions an
author's name for a source, but neglects to include
specific information on the location of the material
referenced.
The Misinformer- The writer provides inaccurate
information regarding the sources, making it impossible
to find them.
Types of Plagiarism
The Too-Perfect Paraphrase- The writer properly cites a
source, but neglects to put in quotation marks text that
has been copied word-for-word, or close to it.
The Resourceful Citer- The writer properly cites all
sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately
until the paper contains almost no original work!
The Perfect Crime- The writer properly quotes and cites sources
in some places, but goes on to paraphrase other arguments from
those sources without citation.
B. Cyberbullying
The use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically
by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
Computer Addiction
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.
Digital Divide
The digital divide is the gap between those who have access
to technology, the internet and digital literacy training and
those who do not.
Types of Digital Divide
Access divide- It refers to the possibilities that people have to
access this resource.
Types of Digital Divide
Use divide- It refers to the lack of digital skills, which impedes
the handling of technology.
Quality of use gap- Sometimes they have the digital skills to
find their way around the Internet, but not the knowledge to
make good use of and get the most out of it.
C. Netiquette
Network etiquette.
Set of rules for behaving properly online.
The do's and don'ts of online communication
Rules of Netiquette:
1. The Golden Rule. (Treat others as you would like to be
treated.)
2. No Flaming.
Rules of Netiquette:
3. Don't type in all caps.
4. Don't spam.
5. Don't talk with people you don't know.
6. Obey copyright laws
7. Use proper grammar and spelling.
8. Be honest and be yourself.
9. Follow the rules and Terms of Service.
10. Shop secure sites.
D. Internet Cafe near Schools.
Internet cafe near Schools is simply having Internet cafes
located near the school. This is one of the reasons why
students tend to skip classes.
D. Internet Cafe near Schools.
Thank You!