ICT as a Platform for Change

ICT AS A MEDIUM FOR ADVOCACY

POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
 At the end this lesson, the students should
be able to:

1. Understand the importance of ICT as a platform for

social change;

2. Understand the events that ICT realized; and

3. Use prior ICT knowledge in planning a campaign using

online resources.
 Does the Philippines we
know today become what
she is without ICT?
For a moment, imagine the internet has
disappeared and will never be back. What do
you think will happen?
“You never
miss the
water until
the well runs
dry”
 Role of ICT in recent History

Throughout the recent history, the

Philippines has been one of a few nations
that demonstrates unity for a call to action
or social change. These campaigns for
social change would have not been
successful if it were not for ICT.
 1.EDSA (People Power Revolution)
The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. during a
radio broadcast, of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the
Filipinos to help end the regime of then President Ferdinand
Marcos. A major protest took place along EDSA from February 22
to 25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different sectors.
These included civilians, political parties, the military and the
religious groups. The radio broadcast helped change the course of
history. Without it, Filipinos would not have been moved into
action.
 2. EDSA Dos
This is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution,
happened during January 17 to 21, 2001. it was
fueled after 11 prosecutors of then President
Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment
trial. As a result, he crowd in EDSA grew over the
course of a few days through text brigades. Like
the first People Power Revolution, EDSA Dos would
not have been successful without text brigades.
 3. Million People March
This is a series of protest that mainly took place in Luneta Park from
August 22 to 26, 2013. there were also several demonstrations hat
happened around key cities in the Philippines and some locations
overseas. It was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF). Though dubbed as the Million People
March, the number of total attendees was only around 400, 000.
Despite that, it was still considered a success and clearly
demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are. The
organizers and promoters of the Million People used Facebook and
change.org as their mediums.
 4. Yolanda People Finder
Recent storms in Philippine History gave birth to
the People Finder Database powered by Google.
During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a
vital tool for people across the globe to track the
situation of their relatives. This proved to be
successful and is now adapted by more
organizations to help people track relatives during
calamities.
 Change.org
 Dubbed as the “World’s Platform for Change” where anyone
from the online community can create a petition and ask
others to sign it.

 Gives access to more people by allowing the online

community to affix their digital signatures on a petition.
 Signing an Online Petition
1. Visit change .org
2. If it is your first time to use change.org, click sign up or log in
with facebook. Otherwise, just input your log in details.
3. You can then start your own petition, but for now, click on any
petition you want.
4. Read the petition description to see if this petition matters to
you. If it is, sign the petition by filling up the information on the
right side of the screen.
5. Share the petition on facebook to promote it.
 KEY TERMS:
1. People Power Revolution- a major protest that took place along EDSA
from February 22-25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos From different
sectors.
2. Radyo Veritas- A radio station used y Cardinal Sin to encourage people to
end the regime of former President Marcos.
3. Million People March- a series of protest that mainly took place in Luneta
Park from August 22-26, 2013. it was fuelled by online campaigns for social
change.
4. Change.org. – a website that contains campaigns for social change.
5. EDSA Dos- a major protest after prosecutors of former President Estrada
walked out of the impeachment trial in 2001.