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Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media

The document discusses several topics related to legal, ethical and social issues around media and information including copyright, fair use, plagiarism, cyberbullying, computer addiction, digital divide and netiquette. It defines these terms and discusses how to promote their ethical use and address related issues like combating addiction and bullying. The document also lists learning competencies around demonstrating understanding and application of intellectual property guidelines, proper online conduct, addressing problems like digital divide, and explaining related concepts.

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Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media

The document discusses several topics related to legal, ethical and social issues around media and information including copyright, fair use, plagiarism, cyberbullying, computer addiction, digital divide and netiquette. It defines these terms and discusses how to promote their ethical use and address related issues like combating addiction and bullying. The document also lists learning competencies around demonstrating understanding and application of intellectual property guidelines, proper online conduct, addressing problems like digital divide, and explaining related concepts.

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Legal, Ethical, and

Societal Issues in
Media
and Information
LIST OF LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
1. put into practice their understanding of the intellectual property, copy right, and fair use guidelines

2. demonstrates proper conduct and behavior online (netiquette, virtual self)

3. put into action their personal resolve to combat digital divide, addiction, and bullying

4. explain copyright, fair use, etc.vis-a-vis human rights

5. discuss current issues related to copyright vis-à-vis gov’t./provide sectors actions ,

6. explain actions to promote ethical use of media and information.


Copy Right, Fair Use and Plagiarism

Our previous lesson was about Media and Information


Languages. Under this lesson we discussed the Media
Languages, Codes, Conventions, and Messages,
Audiences, Producers and Other Stakeholders. In codes
or conventions, we follow standards like traffic signs if
green means go then if it is red meaning stop. So for the
next lesson we will take up copyright/fair use/plagiarism
for another standard to be followed.
opyright
• a legal device that provides the creator of a literary,
artistic, musical, or different inventive work the only
real right to publish and sell that job. Copyright owners
have the proper to manage the copy of their work,
together with the proper to receive payment for that
reproduction. Violation of a copyright is named
infringement.
Plagiarism
an act or instance of victimization or closely imitating
the language and thoughts of another author while not
authorization; the illustration of that author’s work as
one’s own, as by not crediting the first author

Presenting work or ideas from another source as your


own, with or without consent of the original author, by
incorporating it into your work without full
acknowledgement
Cyber Bullying
bullying that takes place on-line, or victimization electronic
technology like cell phones,
computers, and tablets over communication tools together
with social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Samples of cyber bullying: text messages or emails composed
to insult or demean; rumors or false statements unfold
by email or denote on social networking sites; and
undignified photos, videos, websites, or faux profiles
deliberately
shared across social media.
Laptop Addiction
the excessive use of computers to the extent that it
interferes with standard of living,
particularly in using technological device. This
excessive use could as an example interfere with work
or sleep, lead
to issues with social interaction, or have an effect on
mood, relationships, and thought processes.
Digital divide
an economic difference between teams in terms of access to,
use of, or data of ICT. The divide
inside countries (such because the digital divide within the
United States) will check with inequalities between
people, households, businesses, and geographic areas at
completely different socioeconomic (and different
demographic) levels. The worldwide digital divide designates
countries because the units of study and examines the divide
between developing and developed countries on a global scale.
Technology is very significant in our life specially in using the
internet. It makes our works in schools, offices and
at home easier and faster in communication, researches, doing
business and other online transactions. It greatly helps continue
education despite of the pandemic. The world in the internet is not a
hundred percent safe for us users. We should bear in mind to follow
laws and rules in order to be protected from any cybercrime. This
issue shall be discussed in detail in the succeeding activities of this
module and how to conquer these problems
ACTIVIT
Y
DIGITAL DIVIDE
COMPUTER ADDICTION
CYBER BULLYING
Types of Computer Addiction
1. Information Overload - excessive online surfing resulted to inefficient at work
and have less family
interconnection
2. Compulsion- over time spent in online activities like gaming, bartering of stocks,
gambling which cause to a
problem at work
3. Cybersex addiction- exceed time spent in surfing porn sites that could interfere
one’s relationship
4. Cyber- relationship- excessive time spent in social networking sites to make
relationship online than spending
time to real persons like family and friends
Different Symptoms of a computer addict
person:
1. Emotional Symptoms- feeling of guilt, anxiety, depression, dishonesty, feeling of
great happiness or excitement
(euphoric) in front of the computer, defensive, distress, escaping of work, isolation and
cannot follow schedule
2. Physical Symptoms - backpain, headache, increase or decrease of weight, sleep
disorder, carpal tunnel syndrome,
blurred or strain visions
Computer Addiction can be prevented
through:
1. set limit in using computers and doing online activities.

2. talk to your family and friends and mingle with them most of the time.

3. organize a non-computer related activity like sports

4. place your gadgets away from you when not needed


In this time, social media is significant tool like in communication, and updating
information. As the result from the survey of Stairway foundation reported in a news
that 80% of young people ages 7 to 16 are victims of cyber bullying through social
media. The term bullying “refers to any severe, or repeated use by one or more
students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or
any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of actually
causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or
damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other
students; infringing on the rights of another students at school; such as, but not limited
the following:
1. Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like punching,
pushing, shoving, kicking,
slapping, tickling, headlocks, inflicting school pranks, teasing, fighting and the use
of available objects as weapons;
2. Any Act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and /or emotional well-being;
3. Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional
distress like directing foul
language or profanity at the target, name -calling, tormenting and commenting
negatively on victim’s looks, clothes
and body.” (Republic Act No. 10627-Anti-Bullying Act)
Bullying happens in face to face (like in school) while cyber-
bullying happens in a cyberspace (means in
interconnected digital technology).
What is cyber bullying?
Cyber bullying is a type bullying done online with the use of technology
like computers, laptops, and cellphone that can destroy the physical and
emotional aspect of the victim (called as bullied) by the one who does the
act (refers as bully). This problem is associated with the use of internet
and different platforms like text messaging, chatting, emails, websites and
social networking sites. The different forms of cyberbullying are posting
shameful pictures or videos in social media, sending threatening or
hurtful messages through chatting or text messages. The bullying act
happens
Cyberbullying can be prevented by doing the following:

1. Be optimistic person.
2. Share to the person whom you can trust with.
3. Keep your password by yourself. Don’t share it.
4. Always check the content before posting or sharing.
5. Always log out your account after using.
6. Respect and love other people and yourself
Netiquette
In our previous topic we discussed the Copyright, Plagiarism, Fair Use,Cyber
bullying, and Computer
Addiction. What is the difference of being charge by copyright infringement
and plagiarism? What are the different
types of bullying?
NETIQUETTE refers to a collection of rules that governs what conduct is socially acceptable in a
web or digital scenario. It’s a social code of network communication.Netiquette is a set of rules
for behaving properly on-line. It
represents the importance of correct manners and behavior on-line. In general, netiquette is that
the set of skilled and social etiquettes practiced and advocated in transmission over any electronic
network. Common pointers embody being courteous and precise, and avoiding cyber-bullying.
Netiquette additionally dictates that users ought to adapt copyright laws and avoid over
victimization emoticons. It could be a short type of network rule or net rule.The word netiquette
could be a combination of ‘net’ (from internet) and ‘etiquette’. It suggests that respecting
alternative users’ views and displaying common courtesy once posting your views to on-line
discussion teams.
What Is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying, according to stopbullying.com (2019), is bullying that takes place
over digital devices like cell
phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and
apps, or online in social media,
forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content.
Cyberbullying includes sending, posting,
or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can
include sharing personal or private
information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some
cyberbullying crosses the line into
unlawful or criminal behavior.
The most common places where cyberbullying occurs are
:• Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter
• SMS (Short Message Service) also known as Text Message sent through
devices
• Instant Message (via devices, email provider services, apps, and social
media messaging features)
• Email

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