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Opportunities, Challenges and Power of Media and Information

This document discusses the opportunities, challenges, and impacts of media and information. It explores the potential of media to ease daily tasks and communicate information. While media has evolved communication, issues like cybercrime, privacy violations, and misinformation threaten its use. The economic, social, political, and educational impacts of media are also examined.

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Opportunities, Challenges and Power of Media and Information

This document discusses the opportunities, challenges, and impacts of media and information. It explores the potential of media to ease daily tasks and communicate information. While media has evolved communication, issues like cybercrime, privacy violations, and misinformation threaten its use. The economic, social, political, and educational impacts of media are also examined.

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Opportunities, Challenges and

power of Media and


Information
The Potential of media is currently being explored by its users
every single day of the year. Everyday, people come up with
unique ways to utilize media and information to ease their daily
hustle at work or at school

Way before media, communication was done through oral or


spoken language. The dissemination of massages was only
through word of mouth before eventually making it into print or
written proof.
Social impact of Media and
Information
Media technology has evolved to provide more ways for people to
communicate. The current predominating form of media among Filipinos
is social media, the widely used networks and modes for communicating
with people from various places in the world.

One of the greatest opportunities for media and information is through


the continuing advancements in the use of these social media networks.
They are not only limited to communication between people but it also
streams information through online articles and other websites designed
to inform.
Economic impact of media and
information
Della Vigna and La Ferrara (2015) gave the following
recurring themes related to the impact on people of
exposure to media and inform:

1. Demand for entertainment


People typically consume media for entertainment. They seek
enjoyment from watching shows despite studies showing the
possible effects on family values and personality
2. Direct versus substitution effects
The demand for a particular media also differs according to the
season or situation. This is shown in the sudden rise of popularity
for dramas related to revenge in the country in the recent year.

3. Identification and time horizon


The analysis of whether a short or long run incite changes and
affect a person's interest as well as the identification of the
unique content in various types of media can also incite
significant changes in the people's consumption of media and its
products.
IMPACT ON EDUCATION OF MEDIA AND
INFORMATION

It has been predicted that an "internet-enabled revolution in


education will spread more opportunities, with less money spent
on real estate and teachers." (Anderson and Rainie 2014). Online
education has started even in the Philippines and this medium is
continuing to grow as the demand for it also spikes in number
POLITICAL IMPACT OF MEDIA AND
INFORMATION

According to Stromberg (2015) cited in DellaVigna and La


Ferrara's article (2015), one of the prominent examples of
the political impact of media and information is the daily
newspaper circulation which provide detailed information
on national politics.
THREATS, RISKS, MISUSE AND ABUSE OF
MEDIA
Cybercrime is the most prevalent misuse of media in the
present age. With your information and content accessible to
all types of people in all parts of the world, it will be hard to
guard the important information from people.

One of the most prominent malwares is the ransomware,


which, according to the FBI, is "an insidious type of malware
that encrypts, or locks, valuable digital files and demands a
ransom to release them.
The following list are the most common types of
cybercrime including hacking online scams, fraud,
identity theft, and illegal or prohibited online
content. The violation of privacy is the first and
foremost effect of these threats, leading them to
feel powerless in the midst of an attack
1. Attacks on computer systems - this involves attacks on
your device through hacking, viruses and malware

2. Cyberbullying - with the use of social media networks on the


rise, some people are prone to bullying or harassment through online
communication that may cause the victim to be offended, afraid,
uncomfortable and feel unsafe.
3. Online sexual abuse - sexual predators have found ways
to utilize websites for an individual to harm another. Children are
mostly targeted by these predators with online sexual solicitation.

4. Identity theft - your personal information may be used by


a stranger, including your name and photos to commit criminal
acts online. This is why experts advise that minimal personal and
important information is shared online, for your protection

5. Fraud - these frauds are often committed through online


shopping by tricking people into buying products that do not exist
and taking the buyer's money.
6. False information and fake news - a permeating
threat to the Internet's credibility is the reported rise of
fake news reports and other false information disguised
as legitimate news sources. This could create confusion,
divide among opinions and eventual misunderstanding
between people from the same nation, consuming
news.

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