06 opportunities, challenges, and power of media and information

1. Phishing

2. Human Trafficking

2 Challenges in Media and Information

Phishing

It 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

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

Phishing

It is usually executed through email

Phishing

Users receive a message from a “legitimate” institution (e.g. social web sites, banks, auction sites, 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

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

Trafficked

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

Human Trafficking

It is considered as a concealed crime for there are rarely reports involving this because of victims to look for help because of fear of them, judgement, or sometimes, fear of the law enforcement

Human Trafficking

They catch their victims by taking advantage of the victim’s vulnerability, lack of knowledge and awareness of it, natural disasters, or poverty to lure them into this

Citizen Journalism

This refers to people or citizens that gather and share news or information

Citizen Journalism (Courtney C. Radsch)

According to, ___ is an “activist” alternate type of gathering and disseminating news that functions outside the typical way of broadcasting news and information

Citizen Journalism (Jay Rosen)

According to, ___ simply refers to the audience that informs other audiences using the press tools they own