EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

ICTS AS
PLATFORM
FOR CHANGE
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ICTs as platform for change covering the topics of:

1. ICT as medium for advocacy and

developmental communication
2. The social power of social media
3. Digital citizenship and the Filipino people

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What is 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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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.
• Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end
the regime of the former President Ferdinand
Marcos through Radyo Veritas which helped
change

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EDSA Dos

• 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

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SUPER TYPHOON YOLANDA

• Recent storms in the Philippines gave
birth to the People Finder data base
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

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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. •It gives access to more
people by allowing the online community
to affix their digital signatures on a
petition.

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CHANGE.ORG

IN THE PHILIPPINES
• The petition to have death row convict
Mary Jane Veloso released was the fastest
ever growing petition from the Philippines
with over 250,000 signatories from over
125 countries.

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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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