Divide, Bullying and Addiction

MEDIA AND
INFORMATION
LITERACY (MIL)
LEGAL, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL ISSUES IN MEDIA AND INFORMATION
(PART III)
DIGITAL DIVIDE, ADDICTION AND

BULLYING
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
Learners will be able to:
- Define digital divide, addiction and bullying;
- Discuss different types of addiction and bullying;
- Practice academic honesty and integrity to resolve digital divide and by not
committing addiction and bullying.
- Puts into action their personal resolve to combat digital divide, addiction,
and bullying by means of advocacy campaign through blog.
LETS THINK IT OVER…
- Who are affected by digital divide?

- What are the factors, why did digital divide happen?
- As a student, how will you combat digital divide in our
society?
- Why do teenagers easily tempted to perform some acts that
will lead to addiction?
- Why is it, there are people who initiate to bully others?
- How will you help students, who are victims of bullying?
TOPIC OUTLINE
I - Definition of Digital Divide

- Impact of the Web
II – Addiction
III – Bullying
WHAT IS
DIGITAL DIVIDE?
Digital divide define as the disparities in access to telephones,
personal computers, and the internet across certain
demographic groups. Different segments have varying levels of
access to digital developments due to a number of factors.
This can include but are not limited to, race, gender, age,
employment, income, location, and religion.
STAGES OF DIGITAL DIVIDE
ECONOMIC DIVIDE
• This is what many call the digital divide. The economic divide is the idea
that some people can afford to have a computer and Internet access
while others cannot. Because of Moore’s Law (see Chapter 2), the price of
hardware has continued to drop and, at this point, we can now access
digital technologies, such as smartphones, for very little. Nielsen asserts
that for all intents and purposes, the economic divide is a moot point and
we should not focus our resources on solving it.
USABILITY DIVIDE.
• Usability is concerned with the fact that “technology remains so

complicated that many people couldn’t use a computer even if they
got one for free.” And even for those who can use a computer,
accessing all the benefits of having one is beyond their understanding.
Included in this group are those with low literacy and seniors.
According to Nielsen, we know how to help these users, but we are
not doing it because there is little profit in doing so.
EMPOWERMENT DIVIDE
• Empowerment is the most difficult to solve. It is concerned with how we use
technology to empower ourselves. Very few users truly understand the power
that digital technologies can give them. In his article, Nielsen explains that his
and others’ research has shown that very few users contribute content to
the Internet, use advanced search, or can even distinguish paid search ads
from organic search results. Many people will limit what they can do online by
accepting the basic, default settings of their computer and not work to
understand how they can truly be empowered.
IMPACT
OF THE
WEB
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO OVERCOME DIGITAL
DIVIDE?
• Provide access to technology

• Make people understand benefits and how to use
technology
• Help people with special needs
WHAT IS ADDICTION?
Is a complex disease, often chronic in
nature, which affects the functioning of the
brain and body. It also causes serious
damage to families, relationships, schools,
workplaces and neighborhoods
SUBSTANCE ADDICTION
• Abuse of substances such as alcohol, marijuana,

cocaine, prescription medications, and others can
cause health issues and serious problems with family,
friends, coworkers, job, money, and the law. Yet despite
these problems, use of the substance continues.
WHY?
• Addiction is a physical dependence on a chemical substance. The

dependence leads to unpleasant symptoms, called withdrawal,
when a person stops using the substance. People often begin
using an addicting substance because it initially gives them
pleasure. By the time addiction has developed, the pleasure is
often gone. The driving force behind continued use is a need to
avoid the unpleasant symptoms of withdrawal.
Drug addiction
also called substance use disorder,

is a disease that affects a person's
brain and behavior and leads to an
inability to control the use of a
legal or illegal drug or medication.
Substances such as alcohol,
marijuana and nicotine also are
considered drugs. Oct 26, 2017
Drug addiction (substance use disorder) - Symptoms and causes ...

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-addiction/...causes/syc-20365112
Tobacco
addiction
Smoking cigarettes, cigars, or pipes,

chewing tobacco, or using snuff can
quickly lead to nicotine addiction.
About 45 million people in the
United States use nicotine in some
form. More than half of smokers
light their first cigarette within a
half hour of waking up, and 30%
have never stopped smoking for as
long as a week.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/addiction/substance-addiction
• Tobacco use greatly increases the risk of cancers of the lung, lip,
tongue, throat, cheek, esophagus, cervix, and bladder.
• Smoking raises blood pressure, makes blood clot too easily, reduces
the heart's oxygen supply, and damages the walls of arteries. That's
why smoking leads to more deaths from heart disease than from
smoking-related cancers.
BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION
• Is a mental health condition in which a person engages in a particular

behavior repeatedly; even if the behavior causes them harm—it may
seem as if they simply cannot resist engaging in it.
• Common behavioral addictions—also known as process addictions—
include gambling addiction, shopping addiction, hoarding, and
kleptomania (impulsive stealing).
TYPES OF BULLYING
PHYSICAL BULLYING
SEXUAL BULLYING
RELATIONAL AGGRESSION/ EMOTIONAL BULLYING
Emotional bullying
is something everyone remembers from their childhood.
Remember the biggest kid on the playground who
wanted to play with a ball, so he just took it from a
younger child? Or remember the time some kids
surrounded someone who was a little different and
teased and mocked them until they cried? Or maybe you
recall the "cool" group of kids in school who would
ignore you and never let you be part of their group?
Emotional bullying is when a person tries to get what
they want by making others feel angry or afraid
In general, girls tend to use relational
aggression more than boys, especially
between fifth and eight grade. As a result, girls
who engage in relational aggression are often
called mean girls or frenemies. A teen or
tween on the receiving end of relational
aggression is likely to be teased, insulted,
ignored, excluded and intimidated. Although
relational aggression is common in middle
school, it is not limited to tweens. In fact,
some bullying bosses and other workplace
bullies also engage in relational aggression.
END
• https://prezi.com/p/ehbxjveoljem/digital-divide-addiction-and-
bullying/
• http://preciousjadeasumbrado.blogspot.com/2016/08/defying-digital-
divide-digital.html
• https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/emotional-psychological-
abuse/emotional-bullying-and-how-to-deal-with-an-emotional-bully
• Https://definedterm.com/social_bullying

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MEDIA AND

DIGITAL DIVIDE, ADDICTION AND

- Who are affected by digital divide?

I - Definition of Digital Divide

• Usability is concerned with the fact that “technology remains so

• Provide access to technology

• Abuse of substances such as alcohol, marijuana,

• Addiction is a physical dependence on a chemical substance. The

also called substance use disorder,

Drug addiction (substance use disorder) - Symptoms and causes ...

Smoking cigarettes, cigars, or pipes,

• Is a mental health condition in which a person engages in a particular

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