CHAPTER 7-

ICT AS
PLATFORM
FOR CHANGE
ICT AS MEDIUM FOR
ADVOCACY AND
DEVELOPMENTAL
COMMUNICATION
• This chapter discusses
about the social aspects of
ICT especially its impacts
on how people
communicate, utilized and
new concept on digital
citizenship created in the
WORLD WIDE WEB.
 ICT DEVELOPMENTS
• EDUCATION – has greatly
benefited from the
advancements in
technology as well.
Instructional materials and
educational programs were
also introduced to school.
• GOVERNMENT – studies in ICT
use have also cited uses of
ICT in the government. These
include the digitization of
records, services and creation
of web portals tha enable the
public to access
announcements and other
services from the government
• BUSINESS
“4 ways Video Conferencing Can
Benefit Small Business”
1. SAVES MONEY
2. CONNECTING WITH
EMPLOYEES
3. MAINTAININFG PERSONAL
CONNECTIONS ONLINE
4. WORK-LIFE BALANCE
• E-COMMERCE – one
example of developments
in ICT under the business
sector is e-commerce or
electronic commerce,
commonly known as
online shopping.
 SOCIAL POWER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA
• Social media – is the
collective of online
communications channels
dedicated to community-
based input, interaction,
content-sharing and
collaboaration.
 COMMON SOCIAL MEDIA
FEATURE

• User account – need to

create an account in
order to log in and
interact with other users
on the site.
• Profile pages -usually
includes personal
information about the user
since it represents a real
person which will then
allow one to communicate
• Friends, followers, groups
and hashtags - making
connections with other
users by adding them as
friends and following other
users, creating groups and
the likes.
• Newspeed - these are real-
time updates from other
users of the network.
• Personalization - includes
configuration of the
settings based on the
user’s preference like
customizing profile pages
• Notifications - from apps or
any site or updates from
other users.
• Information updating - users
are allowed to update, save
and post any update like
uploading a photo or video
from another site.
• Like buttons and comment
sections - interaction in
social networking site
allow users to like and add
comments.
• Review, rating or voting
system - allows users to
form a collective effort of
the community to review,
rate, or vote on information
common to them.
COMMON ISSUES ON SOCIAL
MEDIA

• Cyberstalking and location

disclosure
• Social profiling and third
party disclosure
• Invasive privacy agreement
• Abuse on preteens and
teenagers over the internet
• Law enforcements
prowling the networks
• Mob rule