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GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. How was Mr. Nestor Punzalan affected by being wrongfully accused in social media as
the suspect in the said shooting incident?
Ans. Because of this wrong accused, Mr. Nestor Punzalan and as well as the lives of his
wife and the rest of his family are being harmed and also he said that he had done
nothing improper.
2. What is the liability of Top Gear, other media outlets, and netizens who wrongfully accused Mr.
Nestor Punzalan as the suspect in the said shooting incident?
Ans. In his circumstance, Mr. Nestor Punzalan has the right to file a complaint or retain legal
counsel, as well as information that was provided incorrectly.
3. What role was played by citizen journalism and social media in this incident?
Ans. The social media and the citizen journalism take action and accused the wrong person
without clarifying the incident and without validating the information that they spread, it cause
so much trouble for mister punzalan and his family.
4. What positive and negative effects of media and information on individual and society were
evident in this incident?
Ans. The positive effect of media and information in this incident was the name of mister
punzalan has been cleared by the media and he is proven to be innocent, on the other hand the
negative effect of media was spreading information without validation and involving someone to
the sin he didn’t even do.
5. How can we prevent this kind of incident as experienced by Mr. Punzalan from happening in the
future?
Ans. We can prevent this kind of incident if we think before we click or check the information
and source validity and also check if the source and information is reliable. Don’t just spread the
information if it does not have any complete and valid sources.
6. What important lessons can we learn from this event as a social media user?
Ans. The important lesson we can learn for this is don’t just spread the information you see in
social media and do some research and know the source and information before spreading the
news to everyone else.