MEDIA AND INFORMATION

LITERACY (MIL)
8. Opportunities, Challenges, and Power of
Media and Information
 LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The students will be able to…
• realize opportunities and challenges in media
and information (MIL11/12OCP-IIIh-24);
• create infographics showing opportunities and
challenges in media and information (SSHS); and
• research and cite recent examples of the power
of media and information to affect change
(MIL11/12OCP-IIIh-25).
 CONTENT: LESSON 8

Opportunities, Challenges, and Power of Media

and Information
a. Economic, Educational,
Social, and Political
b. Threats, Risks, Abuse, and
Misuse
 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: REVIEW
• What is media?
means of communications or
communication tools like
Media definition newspapers, magazines, TV, radio,
and internet that reach or influence
people widely
CARTOON ANALYSIS

Guide Questions
1. What is the message
in this cartoon?
2. Is the situation about
media depicted in the
cartoon true in the
Philippines? Why or why
not?
3. Does the cartoon
shows a challenge or an
opportunity for media
and information? Why?
 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: BOARDWORK
MEDIA AND INFORMATION
OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES
• Faster and “free” • Fake news in social media.-
communication via Albert
Messenger and Viber- Liza
• As a student, what do you
consider is the biggest
challenge and ,on the
other hand, the best
opportunity offered to you
by the new media?
 the use of a computer
as an instrument to
What is cybercrime? further illegal ends
Cybercrime Definition
criminal activity or a
crime that involves the
Internet, a computer
system, or computer
technology
Sources:
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/cybercrime
• http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cybercrime
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.10175
Republic Act No. 10175
- Or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
- is a law in the Philippines approved on
September 12, 2012 which aims to address
legal issues concerning online interactions and
the Internet Among the cybercrime offenses
included in the bill are cybersquatting,
cybersex, child pornography, identity theft,
illegal access to data and libel.
 SO WHAT IS CYBER?

CYBER means …
• relating to, or involving
computers or computer networks
(such as the Internet).
 CYBERSPACE
refers to the virtual computer world,
and more specifically, is an
electronic medium used to form a
global computer network to
facilitate online communication
 CYBERCRIME

refers to the criminal activities

carried out by means of computers
or the Internet
 CYBERBULLYING

the use of electronic communication

to bully a person, typically by sending
messages of an intimidating or
threatening nature
 HACKING
• refers to the practice of modifying or altering
computer software and hardware to
accomplish a goal that is considered to be
outside of the creator's original objective.

• Those individuals who engage in computer

hacking activities are typically referred to as
“hackers”.
 PHISHING
is the attempt to obtain sensitive
information such as usernames,
passwords, and credit card details
(and, indirectly, money), often for
malicious reasons, by disguising as a
trustworthy entity in an electronic
communication.
 ILLEGAL
DOWNLOADING

refers to obtaining files that you do not

have the right to use from the Internet.
ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING LEGAL DOWNLOADING
SITES SITES

The Pirate Bay iTunes

Kickass.to Yahoo Music

TorrentDownloads.me Amazon

YTS.ag Netflix
RARBG.to Ruckus
 DIGITAL PIRACY

the practice of illegally copying and

selling digital music, video, computer
software, etc.
 IDENTITY THEFT
is the deliberate use of someone else's
identity, usually as a method to gain a
financial advantage or obtain credit
and other benefits in the other person's
name, and perhaps to the other
person's disadvantage or loss
 CYBER DEFAMATION
is an unprivileged false statement of fact
which tends to harm the reputation of a
person or company.

2 Types of Defamation:
1. Libel - written
2. Slander - verbal
 CYBERSEX
•also called computer sex, Internet
sex, netsex
• is a virtual sex encounter in which
two or more people (connected
remotely via internet) send each
other sexually explicit contents or
sexually explicit acts
 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

is a form of child sexual exploitation

 CYBERSQUATTING
• is registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet
domain name with bad faith intent to profit from
the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone
else.

• The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to

the person or company who owns a trademark
contained within the name at an inflated price.
 COPYRIGHT
• a legal device that gives the creator of a
literary, artistic, musical, or other creative
work the sole right to publish and sell that
work.

• Copyright owners have the right to control

the reproduction of their work, including the
right to receive payment for that
reproduction.
 Violation of a
copyright is called
infringement.
 PLAGIARISM
an act or instance of using or closely
imitating the language and
thoughts of another author without
authorization; the representation of
that author's work as one's own, as
by not crediting the original author
 FAIR USE
is a legal concept that allows the
reproduction of copyrighted material for
certain purposes without obtaining
permission and without paying a fee.
Purposes permitting the application of
fair use generally include review, news
reporting, teaching, or scholarly
research.
 COMPUTER ADDICTION
the excessive use of computers to the
extent that it interferes with daily life.
This excessive use may for example
interfere with work or sleep, result in
problems with social interaction, or
affect mood, relationships and
thought processes.
 DIGITAL DIVIDE
an economic inequality between groups
in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge
of ICT. The divide within countries can refer
to inequalities between individuals,
households, businesses, and geographic
areas at different socioeconomic (and
other demographic) levels
 VIRTUAL SELF

The persona you create about yourself

virtually
 NETIQUETTE

the correct or acceptable way of

communicating on the Internet.
 ACTIVITY 1.
1. Why is there a need for the
Philippines to have a cybercrime
law?
2. What crimes were punishable under
the Cybercrime Prevention Act of
2012 (R.A. 10175)?
3. What issues were raised against the Photo Credit:
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012? http://www.clipartpanda
.com/categories/thinkin
Were those concerns justifiable? g-clip-art-pictures

Why or why not?

 ASSIGNMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITTEN WORK
• Research a news article (2015 - up to present)on
the internet about an event that that shows the
power of media and information to affect change
or an event where media and information was
instrumental in making a change.
• Copy and paste the article on a short bond
paper.
• Cite the source of the news using APA style.
• Write a summary and a reaction about the article.
 ASSIGNMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITTEN WORK
Format and Points
• Copy of the news (2 points)
• Citation (2 points)
• Summary of Event (4 points)
(4- 6 sentences)
• Reaction (7 points)
(5- 7 sentences) Photo Credit:
http://www.superstickers.com/i/ms10
973/sticker-co--excellent-written-
work
 ASSIGNMENT
PERFORMANCE TASK: WRITTEN WORK
Reaction (5- 7 sentences)
Guide Questions
1. What media is important or instrumental in
the course of event? (1 point)
2. Why do you think the identified media was
instrumental or very important in this event?
(3 points)
3. Was the outcome a positive or a negative
change? Explain your answer. (3 points)