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- 1. Group 1
- 2. - ICT as a medium of Advocacy - Power of Social Media - Digital Citizenship
- 3. • To understand the importance of ICT as a platform for change; • To understand the events that ICT helped realize; and • To use prior ICT knowledge in planning a campaign using online resources.
- 4. 1. EDSA (People Power Revolution). The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. During a radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of then President Ferdinand Marcos. A major protest took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25 involving 2 million people from different sectors.
- 5. 2. EDSA Dos. This is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17 to 21 2001. It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of the President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial. As a result, the crowd in EDSA grew over the course of a few days through text brigades.
- 6. 3. Million People March. This is a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26 2013. There were also several demonstrations that happened around key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas. It was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
- 7. Though dubbed as the Million People March, the number of total attendees was around 400,000. Despite that, it was still considered a success and clearly demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are. The organizers and promoters used Facebook and Chang.org as their mediums.
- 8. 4. Yolanda People Finder. Recent storms in Philippine history gave birth to the people finder database powered by Google. During the 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.
- 9. Change.org is dubbed as the ‘world’s platform for change’ where anyone from the online community can create a petition and ask others to sign it. During the past times, petitions are only done through signing a paper by a group asking for signatures via travel. Change.org gives access to more people by allowing the online community to affix their digital signatures on a petition.
- 10. 1. People Power Revolution- a major protest that took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986 involving 2 million people fro different sectors. 2. Radyo Veritas- a radio station used by Cardinal Sin to encourage people to end the regime of former President Marcos. 3. Million People March- a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 25, 2013. It was fueled by online campaign.
- 11. 4. Change.org- a website that contains campaigns for social change. 5. EDSA Dos- a major protest after prosecutors of former president Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial in 2001. Summary ICT has helped improved the communication when Filipino needed it the most. Radyo Veritas helped in the success of People Power Revolution. Text Brigades helped in the success of EDSA Dos. Social Media sites like Facebook help in the success of Million People March. Finally, technologies like people finder helped bring comfort to families looking for their loved ones during calamities of Yolanda.
- 12. THANK YOU! Group 1 Abendanio, Christian B. (Owner for Slide Share) Novicio, Juvylyn B. Umali, Mariane G. Ledesma, Dennis P. Tumalin, Jerry R. Soleta, Lowell B. Pedraja, Mark Cezar G.