(Q3-L2) Issues in Media

Hacking

Involves activities that seek to compromise digital devices, such as computers, smartphones, tablets, and even entire networks.

Hacking

An attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer.

Hacking

Unauthorized access to or control over computer network security systems for some illicit purpose.

Phishing

A type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers.

Identity Theft

Occurs when a criminal obtains or uses the personal information of someone else to assume their identity or access their accounts for the purpose of committing fraud, receiving benefits, or gaining financially in some way.

Fraud

It means deceiving people.

National Privacy Commission

The organization NPC means:

RA 10173, The Data Privacy Act of 2012

It protects the privacy of individuals while ensuring free flow of information to promote innovation and growth.

Cybercrime

Also called computer crime; any criminal activity that involves the use of a computer, networked device, or a network as an instrument to further illegal ends.

RA 10175 - Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the internet in the Philippines.

Cyberbullying

The use of digital means of communication that could hurt or harass a person such as intentionally sending hurtful texts or SNS messages, posting embarrassing photos or videos, and spreading malicious rumors online.

False Information

News, stories, or hoaxes created to deliberately misinform or deceive readers and created to either influence people’s views, push a political agenda, or cause confusion and can often be a profitable business for online publishers.

Clickbait, Propaganda, Satire/Parody, False Context, Manipulated Content, Misleading Headlines, Biased/Slanted News

These are the types of false information:

Clickbait

Something that is not real, yet they are perpetuating or believing it as the truth.

Propaganda

A manipulated false copy of the real information to misinform people.

Satire/Parody

Forms of creative humor. In the context of false information, they as classified as content that is not originally intended to cause harm, yet they frequently function as a major vehicle or loophole for false information.

False Context

Wrong content.

Manipulated Content

Edited content.

Misleading Headlines

Wrong headlines.

Biased/Slanted News

Biased stories.

Computer Addiction

An overdependence or a damaging need to do something on computer or internet; excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life.

Digital Divide

The digital inequality or gap between groups in terms of knowledge, usage, and access to ICT due to circumstances like location, income, and age.

Netiquette

Defined as a set of rules for proper and acceptable online behavior; denotes the proper attitude that one should have and observed when communicating online.