FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT
A blog by Precious Jade Asumbrado
MY PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION IN:
1. Combating Digital Divide
For me, digital divide exists because of man’s inventions. Digital natives are extending instead of bridging the gap between them and the digital immigrants. It should bot be an issue if everyone has access, skills and proper attitude towards others that are deprived of these things.
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2. Combating Digital Addiction
Addiction refers to the poorly controlled urges when it comes to using the technology and the internet. This is very evident in most of the millennial people that are referred to as digital natives. We must learn to control our urges to for the common good. Addiction entails a distressful situation to the digital addict and might affect his relationship to his family, community and other people. This is very destructive to the person if he cannot combat it.
So how can he do that? A person can combat digital addiction by making himself busy with other things. It can be through arts, sports, creative writing and the like. Equipping yourself with other activities will make you more productive rather than staying all-day long in front of your gadget.
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3. Combating Bullying
Bullying is an issue which exists not only in schools, but also in the virtual world. Bullies often try to oppress others through the use of their malicious posts, comments or messages. To avoid bullying, one must keep in mind the internet etiquette guide for him to be a technology literate person. He must not use technology for bad purposes.
One of the ways in which a person can avoid bullying is by being mindful about the words in his posts and messages. One can unintentionally bully others, so it is better to avoid it. Another way is by respecting the views and situations of others. Often times, conflicts that result to bullying result from the misunderstanding of two gadget users. They resort to foul language and inappropriate behavior because of the said misunderstanding. So it is essential that we respect others in the virtual world in the way that we also want to be respected.
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4. Promoting Ethical Use of MIL
Media and Information literacy is a tool which we can use to effectively anchor productivity and efficiency. Users should be aware that literacy does not only exist on how we use technology. It exists as media literacy, information literacy and technology literacy. We need to be mindful on how we use MIL. We can either be destructive to our self and to others or be educated enough to promote ethics upon using MIL.
To promote the ethical use of MIL, a person must be able to create a wide knowledge about the things that are encompassed by this abbreviation. They must exhibit literacy in terms of media, information and technology. They should be literate enough to know that MIL should be used for the betterment of the society.
So a way which they can use is by sharing my knowledge about MIL to those uneducated beings. Beings everything comes from knowledge.
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5. The Opportunities and Challenges of Media and Information
Opportunities, alongside with challenges, exist for MIL. Opportunities, namely occupational, educational, societal and personal are great advances which came from media and information literacy.
Works in our offices, home and society are now done more quickly and more efficiently because of the endless opportunities MIL propose. We can now make reports in a short span of time, view current news real time, and we can also now interact to the current happenings in our society through the different media in which we can channel our opinions. People are now aware of which information is reliable or not. It opens great things such as avoidance of theft, misconduct and plagiarism.
The challenges that MIL encounter are those illiterate persons who are prone to digital bullying, addiction and plagiarism. These people are the real challenge because even though there are literate persons, illiterate persons would still drag MIL to pure dirt because of their skeptical ways which might lead to negative effects to his self or to others. Digital divide, virtual self misuse, spamming, identity theft and intellectual property issues are also challenges of MIL.
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