Lesson 6

Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in

Media and Information Literacy
Topics to be discussed
Legal Issues
Ethical Issues
Societal Issues
Netiquettes
Learning Objectives:

✓ Define Legal, Ethical, and Societal

✓ Cite practical situations when to apply

knowledge in intellectual property,
copyright, and fair use guidelines
(MIL11/12LESI-IIIg-17)
✓ Evaluate situations/issues through sound judgment.
 Pre-Activity:
Directions: Read each of the following situations and evaluate if the action done is
good or bad. If it is good, put a 🗸 ; if it is wrong, put an X.

1. As a loyal friend, you should take part

in the bashing, spreading of hateful
comments, and sharing of related
spiteful information about the person
who cyberbullied your friend.
Answer:_____________________
Explanation: ________________________
Directions: Read each of the following situations and evaluate if the action done is
good or bad. If it is goo, put a 🗸 ; if it is wrong, put an X.
2. Your tech-savvy sibling has taught you online
sites wherein you can download recent movies
for free. These sites are not authorized
however, many are using them without being
caught. Although tempted, you did not visit any
of the sites and asked for the authorized
sites instead.
Answer:_____________________
Explanation: ________________________
 Directions: Read each of the following situations and evaluate if the action done is
good or bad. If it is goo, put a 🗸 ; if it is wrong, put an X.

3. You secured a CCTV recording of your

classmate’s assailant. You were asked to
share the copy online but you refused
unless your classmate seeks permission
from the other people captured in the
Video.
Answer:_____________________
Explanation: ________________________
Directions: Read each of the following situations and evaluate if the action done is
good or bad. If it is goo, put a 🗸 ; if it is wrong, put an X.

4. Your Facebook account is yours, so it is right

that you post private or personal information in
public since they are solely yours. You simply
believe that your life is an “open book”.
Answer:_____________________
Explanation: ________________________
Directions: Read each of the following situations and evaluate if the action done is
good or bad. If it is goo, put a 🗸 ; if it is wrong, put an X.

5. As an avid Ms. Universe fan, you came across a

disgraceful comment about your country’s candidate inthe
pageant from an online user in another country. You join an
online group onFacebook against the said user exchanging
a chain of hateful remarks, a series of ad hominems, and
strong criticisms against that person using a sense of
patriotism as justification.
Answer:_____________________
Explanation: ________________________
Processing Questions:

What are the issues about?

Is there a Philippine law violated in any of the situations?

What criteria did you set in evaluating the actions in each situation?
How do the criteria help you arrive at a better judgment of the
situation?
 Legal Issues

➢ legal implications and it may need a help of a lawyer

to sort out.
 LEGAL BASIS

Republic Act 10627, or the Anti-Bullying Act (the “Act”), aims to protect children enrolled in
kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools and learning centers (collectively, “Schools”)
from being bullied. It requires Schools to adopt policies to address the existence of bullying in
their respective institutions.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10157

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION INTO THE BASIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EFA (Education for All)

10175 or “Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012” which addresses crimes committed against and
through computer systems on 12 September 2012

EFA (Education for All)

 Virtual self
How do your present
yourself on online
platforms?
Digital footprint A data record of things
you do online.
 Application Situation 1:________________

_________________________________
Directions: Cite a practical _________________________________
situation/scenario in your school or ________________.
community when you apply your
intellectual property knowledge,
copyright, and fair use. Choose a
representative to present your group’s Is this Fair Use? NO
output to the class. YES Why?
Assessment:

1. Is an instance of using or closely imitating another author's

language and thoughts without authorization; the
representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not
crediting the
original.
Assessment:

2. It allows certainways of using copyrighted

material for educational purposes.
Assessment:

3. Is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are

contacted by email, telephone, or text message by posing
as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into
providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable
information, banking, and creditcard details and
passwords.
Assessment:

4. It refers to the mind's creations, such as inventions,

literaryand artistic works,designs and symbols, names,
and images used in commerce.
Assessment:

5. Is the legal rightgranted to a creator to make money

from what they create?
Take home Activities
October 10, 11,
 For October 14

Write your answer in your MIL

notebook
Activities- How well do you know (10
points)
Assessment- (10 points)

Total points in written works -20

points

Written works references: MIL Module

Written works references: MIL Module For October 17
Written works references: MIL Module For October 17
Written works references: MIL Module

For October 17
 Performance Task for October 18

You are tasked to create a campaign promoting cyber wellness

Example:
1. Positive well-being of Internet users
2. Dos and Don'ts in using the internet or other media Platforms
Note: Apply what you learned from Media and Information literacy
including codes, conventions, ethics

Suggested output
1. Digital Slogan, posters, music video, tik tok challenge, and more.
Submission: drop your output in our google drive not later than Oct. 12

Highest possible score: 30 points ( Content=10 points, Originality=10,

Uniqueness=10