Lesson 11: THE ROLE OF ICT IN RECENT HISTORY

Key terms

People Power Revolution– a major protest that took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different sectors.
Radyo Veritas- a radio station used by Cardinal Sin to encourage people to end the regime of former President Marcos.
Million People March– a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013. It was fueled by online campaigns.
Change.org– a website that contains campaigns for social change.
EDSA Dos– a major protest after prosecutors of former President Estrada walked out of Impeachment trial in 2001.

Throughout recent history, the Philippines has been one of a few nations that demonstrates unity for a call to action or social change. These campaigns for social change would have not been successful if it were not for ICT.

1.People Power Revolution(EDSA)

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 sectors. These included civilians, political parties, the military, and religious groups. The radio broadcast helped change the course of history. Without it, Filipinos would not have been moved into action.

2. Edsa Dos

This also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17 to 21, 2001. It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of then President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial. As a result the crowd in EDSA grew over course of a 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 is a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013. There were also several demonstration that happened around key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas. It was to condemn 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 and clearly demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are. The organizers and promoters of the Million People March used Facebook and Change.org as their mediums.

4. Yolanda People Finder

Recent storms in Philippines 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.

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 past times, petitions are only done through signing a paper, usually done by group asking for signatures via travel.
Change.org gives access to move people by allowing the online community to affix their digital signatures on a petition. }Change.org’s mission is to help people from around the world create the change they want.

They solve the following problems;

Economic problems
Criminal injustice
Abuse of human rights
Lack of education,
environmental concerns
Animal abuse
Human concerns
world hunger }

Signing an Online Petition

1.Search or visit change.org and click start a petition button.

2.Select a topic from the following:

3.After to choose, write your petition title. Get their attention with a short title. Example: no to homework policy!

4.Next choose recipient(s) of your petition. These are people or organizations with the ability to solve your problem. Example: politicians and legislatives.

5.After that, explain the problem you want to solve.

6.Add a photo or video.

7. Then sign up for an account.

8. After making an account, you can now edit or publish your petition.