WEEK 6/L6: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND POWER OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION

PHISHING

refers to obtaining private information–like username and passwords, sometimes money through credit card account numbers–by posing as a trustworthy entity (usually a website) often for malicious purposes.

PHISHING

is a term combined from fishing which is similar to phishing wherein a bait (the trustworthy entity) is used to catch a victim.

PHISHING

is usually executed through email. Users receive a message from a “legitimate” institution (e.g social websites, banks, auction sites, IT experts, online payment companies etc.) usually the message contains a link that leads to a fake website–sometimes infected with malware - wherein the user is required to enter personal information

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

refers to the use of threats or tricking people into doing some type of labor or forcing or commercial sex act.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Millions of people including men, women, and even children are trafficked into different countries in the world that makes a large profit estimating many billions of dollars per yea

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

is considered as a concealed crime for there are rarely reports involving human trafficking because of victims to look for help because of fear of the traffickers, judgement, or sometimes, fear of the law enforcements.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Traffickers catch their victims by taking advantage of the victims vulnerability, lack of knowledge and awareness of human trafficking, natural disasters, or poverty to lure them

CITIZEN JOURNALISM

This refers to people or citizen that gather and share news and information. Can also be known as “public journalism”, “street journalism”, democratic journalism”, or “guerilla journalism”

CITIZEN JOURNALISM

Courtney C. Radsch defines citizen journalism as an “activist” alternate type of gathering and disseminating news that functions outside the typical way of broadcasting news and information. Meanwhile, citizen journalism according to Jay Rosen, Simply refers to the audience that inform other audiences using the press tools they own.