ICT as a Platform

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What is an Advocacy?
• is a process of supporting and
enabling people to : express their
views and concerns, access
information and services, defend and
promote their rights and
responsibilities
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The Power
of Social
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What advantages does the

creation of social media
offer citizens of developing
nations?
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How should social media

fit into the broader
context of ICT ?
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Global Digital Divide
• describes the unequal distribution of
information and communication
technology across nations, commonly
described as the “gap between
information haves and have- nots”
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The Role of ICT

in the Recent
History
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EDSA (People Power
Revolution)
• A major protest that took place
along EDSA from February 22 to
25, 1986 involving 2 million
Filipinos from different sectors
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• Cardinal Sin encouraged the

Filipinos to help end the regime of
the former President Ferdinand
Marcos through Radyo Veritas which
helped change the course of history.
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EDSA Dos
• Also known as 2001 EDSA Revolution
• Happened during Jan 17-21, 2001
• It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of then
President Joseph Estrada walked out of the
impeachment trial. As a result, the people in
EDSA grew over the course of a few days
through text brigades
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Yolanda People Finder
• Recent storms in the Philippines 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.
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Million People March
• a series of protests that mainly took place in
Luneta Park from Aug 22 to 26, 2013. There
were several demonstrations that happened
around the key cities in the Philippines and
some locations overseas. It was to condemn
the misuse of the Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF)
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• Though dubbed as the Million People

March, the number of total attendees was
only around 400,000. The organizers and
promoters of the protest used Facebook
and Change.org as their mediums.
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ICT as Medium
for Advocacy
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Change.org
• is dubbed as the “world’s platform
for change” where anyone from
online community can create a
petition and ask others to sign it
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Digital
Citizenship
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Digital Citizenship
• refers to the utilization of information
technology (IT) in order to engage in
society, politics, and government.
• K. Mossberger, et al. define digital citizens
as "those who use the Internet regularly
and effectively".
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Digital Citizenship Principles:
• Engage Positively
• Know your online world.
• Choose consciously.
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Nine Elements of Digital
Citizenship
• Access • Law
• Commerce • Rights and
• Communication Responsibilities
• Literacy • Health
• Etiquette • Security

(Source:
sophia.org)
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Digital Access:
• This is perhaps one of the most fundamental
blocks to being a digital citizen. However, due
to socioeconomic status, location, and other
disabilities- some individuals may not have
digital access. Digital access is available in
many remote countries via cyber cafés and
small coffee shops.
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Digital Commerce:
• This is the ability for users to recognize
that much of the economy is regulated
online. It also deals with the
understanding of the dangers and
benefits of online buying, using credit
cards online, and so forth.
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Digital Communication:

• This element deals with understanding the

variety of online communication mediums
such as email, instant messaging, FB
messenger, the variety of apps, and so
forth. There is a standard of etiquette
associated with each medium.
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Digital Literacy:
• This deals with the understanding of
how to use various digital devices. It is
ability and knowledge needed to learn
and teach using technology tools
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Digital Etiquette:
• This is the expectation that various
mediums require a variety of etiquette.
Certain mediums demand more
appropriate behavior and language than
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Digital Law:

• This is where enforcement occurs for

illegal downloads, plagiarizing, hacking,
creating viruses, sending spams, identity
theft, cyberbullying, and so forth
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Digital Rights and Responsibilities:

• This is the set of rights that digital
citizens have such as privacy,
speech, and so forth.
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Digital Health:
• Digital citizens must be aware of the
physical stress placed on their bodies by
internet usage. They must be aware to not
become overly dependent on the internet
causing eye strain, headaches, stress
problems, and so on.
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Digital Security:
• This simply means that citizens must take
measures to be safe by practicing using
difficult passwords, virus protection,
backing up data, and so forth.
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Engage Positively:
• respect the rights of others to
participate and have an opinion
• ask before tagging other people or
posting photos
• report offensive or illegal content
• stand up and speak out about
cyberbullying — protect your friends
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