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ICT as Platform for

Change
CHERRY MAY L. LEONG
Advocacy
is a way of expressing views,
opinions, concerns information
access and on establishing to all
one’s rights and responsibilities
through any possible means or
ways.
Social Media
(according to TechTarget network,
as posted by Margaret Rouse)
is a collective term for website
applications which focus
on community based input,
communication, interaction,
content-sharing and collaboration.
As of today, social media was
known to be the most
powerful platform to use if
you want to generate instant
and massive public reactions
to whatever concerns or issue
that you have.
ICT in the recent history of
Philippines?

History of the Philippines has been


one of the few countries shown
unity and democracy for social
change. These advocacy for social
change would have not been
possible without the role of ICT.
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, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different
regions and sectors.
• These include civilians, political parties, the military and
religious groups.
• The radio broadcast helped to change the course of
history. Without it, Filipinos would not have been moved
into action.
2. EDSA II.
• This was also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution
which happened during January 17 to 21, 2001.
• It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of then President
Joseph Estrada walked out in the impeachment
trial.
• As a result, the crowd in EDSA grew over the course
of few days through text brigades.
• Like the first People Power Revolution, Edsa Dos
would not have been successful without the text
brigades.
3. Million People March.
• This was a series of protest that mainly took place
in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013.
• There were also several demonstrations that happened in
key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas.
• It condemned the misuse of the Priority
Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
• Though dubbed as the Million People March, the number of
total attendees was only around 400,000.
• Despite that, it was still considered a success as it clearly
demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are.
• The organizers and promoters of the Million People
March used Facebook and Change.org as their media.
4. Yolanda People Finder
• Recent storms in the Philippine history gave
birth to the people finder database powered by
Google.
• During 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.
Platform for placing petitions
or change advocacy
• 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 were only done
through signing a paper, usually done by a
group asking for signatures via travelling door-to-
door.
• Change.org gives access to more people by allowing
the online community to affix their digital
signatures on a petition.
• Its mission is to help people from around
the world create the change they want to
see.
• For years, Change.org hosted several
petitions that help solve the following
problems: economic problems, criminal
injustices, abuse of human rights, lack of
education, environmental concerns,
animal abuse, human health
concerns, and world hunger.
Procedure on how to make a simple
petition using Change.org Platform
1. Log in first using your account and the search and click
the word “petition”
2. Select a topic of what kind of issue are you petitioning on?
3. Write your petition title on the box.
4. Choose the recipient(s) of your petition. It can be people or
organizations which has the power to solve your problem.
5. Estate your problem that you would like to solve
6. Upload a photo or video that captures the emotions of your
story;
7. Then lastly click the word publish.
The Two Faces of Social Platform
Directions: Using the illustration below, write your ideas about
the two faces of social platforms. (Good & Bad)
Directions: Using Facebook as a social media platform as shown in the
illustration below, create an awareness campaign on the importance of having
enough information during calamities. Use the hashtag IBA NA ANG MAY ALAM

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