Rappler Move PH's five-part MIL webinar series “Digital Media, Technology, and Society”, with collaboration to PUP College of Communication Student Council (COC-SC)'s fact-checking initiative “Spill The Truth”, held its third session and second on-ground telecast “How to be a Responsible Digital Citizen” on Friday, February 3 at COC audio-visual room, featuring world bank consultant Bernice Soriano and content creator Mona Magno-Veluz, known on TikTok as Mighty Magulang.
Soriano discussed human rights and responsibilities towards digital citizenship by sharing two main initiatives people can take to be good digital citizens: be a bridge for empowerment and a catalyst for change.
“As digital citizens, remember that you have a lot of information available. The internet is there; ang dami nating information na nakukuha, nako-consume. The literacy is yours to know “which information I need” to also apply critical thinking and eventually be able to act as a person that's ready for judgments,” said Soriano.
As a TikTok content creator, Magno-Veluz also shared her coping techniques for responding to the challenges in social media spaces with discussions of etiquette in digital communications, including the utilization of respectful languages, troll-taming, and learning social media algorithms.
“We have to continuously innovate on how we share light because the darkness will be doing exactly the same thing. No matter our purpose for being on social media, we must be upstanding social media citizens. Social media must be a reflection of values and issues that matter to us,” Magno-Veluz emphasized.
Several partner representatives also delivered their respective manifestations in the post-webinar forum, including the session’s host from PUP Campus Journalists (PUPCJ), Patricia Villaber; The Communicator Editor-in-chief (EIC), Lheonel Sanchez; The Catalyst EIC, John Robert de Castro; and Explained PH assistant partnerships head, Reyza Bianca Ferranco.
“Sa isang demokratikong lipunan, importanteng matutuhan kung paano ang responsableng paggamit ng internet upang ang iba’t ibang perspektibo ay ma-acknowledge at ang iba’t ibang boses ay marinig,” said Ferranco.
With calls for student participation in off-campus activities, several Spill The Truth project heads also spoke in the program, including co-head Mark Jhon Landicho; partnership heads Katebelle Ladlad and Rinoa Kate dela Cruz; and project head John Carlo Caoile, along with COC-SC councilors Angelica de Guzman and Eikee Jamela Cappal, who opened the event.
“You should know your rights but you should also know the extent of your freedom,” said Cappal in the opening remarks.
COC-SC was one of the seven partner schools and organizations that simultaneously broadcasted the third session across the Philippines.
COC-SC finishes its on-ground participation in the third session of the five-part MIL training series, but the last two sessions on February 10 and 17 can still be participated through online via Zoom and local watch parties through other selected partner schools and organizations.
Article: Chris Burnet Ramos
Graphics: Cathlyn de Raya
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