Lesson 1 Activity 1

Y 1. Kim checks the truthfulness of the news she sees online by looking into other news outlets for
the same content.
N 2. Kristoffer’s Facebook friend sent him through FB messenger a forwarded message about an
upcoming 7.8 earthquake in their locality. Rattled, he also forwarded the unverified message to
his family’s group chats, warning them of such quake.
Y 3. Rezza and her research group mates utilize Google Drive to work on their study.
Y 4. Isa helps her local barangay in their campaign against COVID-19 by designing posters of local
emergency hotlines and fast facts about the novel coronavirus.
N 5. A friend sent me a video of a scandal from Facebook. Curious as to who the people in the video
were, I also sent it to several of my friends
Y 6. Rebecca validates the source of a Facebook post before she shares it.
Y 7. Deanne uses YouTube crash courses to complement her learnings in school.
N 8. Erika believes that print media like newspapers and books are useless today because everything
may already found on the Internet
N 9. Mark cites Wikipedia in his research study because he considers anything on the Internet true
and credible.
N 10. Andrew Photoshopped a false quotation beside a celebrity, published it on social media and
claimed it to be true.

Activity 3.2: What I Can Do

Application

Using your knowledge on the responsible use of media and information. As a responsible media creator and
consumer, how would you respond or act in the following situations below? Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. You received a forwarded message with an unknown original source about how eating raw eggs and
gargling water with salt kills the COVID-19 virus. The message claims it is confirmed by the World
Health Organization but you have never heard news of it from huge media networks. What would you
do?
2. The shutdown of media company ABS-CBN has been the hottest issue today. As such, you post your
opinion about the issue on Facebook. However, a Facebook friend, whom you know by name but is not
friends with, comments on your status strongly disagreeing with your opinion. What would you do?
3. A video scandal of two teenage students have been circulating in social media. Unknowingly, one of
your schoolmates forwarded such video in one of your GCs. Being the talk of the town, another
schoolmate messaged you asking if you have a copy of the said video scandal. What would you do?
4. In your research group, you were tasked to write the Review of Related Literature. As you browse the
web, you have stumbled upon many books and articles that you may use for your RRL. How would you
manage all the information you have?

5. As you are scrolling through your newsfeed, you come across a news article from a certain unfamiliar
website. You wanted to share the news article but hesitated as to its truthfulness. How would you verify
its validity?
 “Titanic, in full Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic,
British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 14–
15, 1912, during its maiden voyage, en route to New
York City from Southampton, England, killing about
1,500 passengers and ship personnel. One of the most
famous tragedies in modern history, it inspired
numerous stories, several films, and a musical and has
been the subject of much scholarship and scientific
speculation.”
Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912. Retrieved
Contributed by: Amy Tikkanen from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RMS_Titanic_3.jpg
Retrieved on : May 22, 2020

Answer the following question. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. Use yellow pad.

1. If the Titanic sank somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, how do you think the news reached people in England and
New York at that time? Indicate any form of communication you might think of that is existing during that time.

2. If the Titanic sank today, in what format would people receive or read the news? Indicate your favorable form
of media format you can think that is existing during this time and discuss why you chose this media format.

What can you say about this?

Lesson 9:
1B
2D
3A
4C
5D
6B
7A
8B
9C
10 A
Lesson 10
Act. 10.1
1. Smartglasses
2. Smartwatch
3. VR Headsets
4. Hearables
10.2
10.3

Component
1. Course title
2. Course brief description
3. Course provider
4. Host institution
5. Course instructor/s
6. Course duration
7. Cost of enrollment
Answer
Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens
About this Course
coursera
The University of Melbourne
Dr. Denis Muller, Dr. Margaret Simons
Approx. 22 hours to complete
Free
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