Lesson 7
Lesson 7
Lesson 7
ISSUES IN MEDIA
AND INFORMATION
What is Digital Citizen-
ship?
Ability to find, access, use, and create informa-
tion effectively; engage with other users and with
content in an active, critical, sensitive and ethi-
cal manner; and navigate the online and ICT envi-
ronment safely and responsibly, being aware of
one’s own rights (UNESCO, 2016)
Intellectual Property
Refers to the “creations of the mind such as inventions, lit-
erary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and
images used in commerce”
Provides the right to consent on the invention or a way for others to use it.
Technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public
2. TRADEMARK
Distinguished sign of goods or services that identifies and
differentiates from one enterprise to another; a signa-
ture mark.
3. INDUSTRIAL DE-
SIGN
Protects only the appearance or aesthetic features of a
product such as shape, surface, patterns, lines, or color.
4. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
AND APPELATIONS OF ORIGIN
Signs used on products possessing qualities, a status, or
characteristics that are essentially attributable to that location of
origin.
COMMON ISSUES ON DATA PRIVACY
Hacking. Involves activities that seek to compromise digital de-
vice, such as computers, smartphones, tablets, and even entire
networks.
-An attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network in-
side a computer.
-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 credits card numbers.
-Unlike other kinds of online threats, phishing does not require
particularly sophisticated technical expertise.
COMMON ISSUES ON DATA PRIVACY
NETIQUETTE
Defined as a set of rules for proper and acceptable online behav-
ior; denotes the proper attitude that one should have and ob-
served when communicating online.
CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE (SHEA, 1994)
1. Remember the Human
2. Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
that you follow in real life
3. Know where you are in cyberspace
4. Respect other people’s time and bandwidth
5. Make yourself look good online
6. Share expert knowledge
7. Help keep flame wars under control