Lesson 6: Legal, Ethical and Societal Issues in Media

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What does 'cut-paste' plagiarism involve?

  • Usage of metaphors without acknowledgment
  • Substitution of words
  • Manipulation of research materials
  • Copying and pasting without citation (correct)

What does 'fabrication' involve?

  • Substitution of your own words
  • Manipulation of research materials
  • Production of data or results and reporting them as true (correct)
  • Substitution of words

What is the privilege given by fair use?

  • Kidnapping intellectual property
  • Access to information essential for being functional citizens (correct)
  • Manipulating research materials
  • Usage of metaphors without acknowledgment

What does 'falsification' involve?

<p>Modification of data to meet a certain result (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Latin origin of the word 'plagiarism'?

<p>Kidnapper (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Defamation' involves:

<p>Issuance of false statements causing harm to others (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the terms used to describe the use of visual media?

<p>Multimedia, hypermedia, and new media (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the passage describe the role of media nowadays?

<p>Media acts as a watchdog to protect public interest against malpractice and create public awareness. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the ways that social media has transformed politics according to the passage?

<p>Social media has increased the speed of news, poll results, and rumors. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What opportunity does the passage mention regarding direct interaction with politicians?

<p>Voters or citizens can reach out to politicians for help or other concerns. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What challenge does the passage mention regarding social media and politics?

<p>Social media has challenged the power of politicians and elected officials. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of copyright exclusivity?

<p>To allow the copyright owner to control the usage of their work (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the 'no formalities for establishment' principle in copyright?

<p>Copyright ownership is automatically granted upon creation, without any formal registration (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the principle of contractual freedom in copyright allow?

<p>Copyright owners can set their own terms and conditions for reproduction of their work (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of remuneration in the context of copyright?

<p>Both economic compensation and moral acknowledgment of the copyright owner (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the territoriality principle in copyright refer to?

<p>The copyright owner's ability to define the geographical scope of their work's coverage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary right conferred by copyright enforcement?

<p>The right to take legal action against unauthorized use of the copyrighted work (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of Internet addiction?

<p>Cyberbullying (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'flaming' refer to in the context of cyberbullying?

<p>Sending angry, rude, and vulgar messages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a cybercrime?

<p>Hacking (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'denigration' mean in the context of cyberbullying?

<p>Sending or posting harmful, untrue statements about a person (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT listed as a type of cyberbullying in the text?

<p>Cybersquatting (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'outing and trickery' refer to in the context of cyberbullying?

<p>Sending or posting material that contains sensitive information (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between ethics and law?

<p>Ethics are universally accepted rules, while law is specific to a certain territory or entity. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of intellectual property (IP) rights?

<p>All of the above. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a key principle of copyright law?

<p>The creator must register their work with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to be protected by copyright. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are ethics and laws significant in the context of media and information literacy (MIL)?

<p>All of the above. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of intellectual property right?

<p>Royalty (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the moral rights component of copyright law?

<p>To ensure the creator's work is recognized as their original creation. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Types of Plagiarism

  • Cut-paste: copying and pasting without citation
  • Word-switch: substitution of words
  • Style: substitution of one's own words and making alterations
  • Metaphor and idea: usage of metaphors and ideas of others without proper acknowledgment

Fair Use

  • Fair use is a privilege allowing users to use copyrighted materials with prior permission or remuneration
  • Helps ensure access to essential information for functional and knowledgeable citizens

Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification

  • Plagiarism: intellectual theft, comes from the Latin word "plagiarus" meaning kidnapper
  • Fabrication: production of data or results and reporting them as true and correct
  • Falsification: manipulation of research materials or modification of data to meet a certain result

Defamation

  • Issuance of false statements about another person or entity that causes harm

Opportunities of Social Media

  • Acts as a watchdog to protect public interest against malpractice and create public awareness
  • Enhances freedom of expression and communication
  • Enables direct interaction with politicians and elected officials

Challenges of Power

  • Exclusivity: owner's right to authorize or prohibit usage
  • No formalities for establishment: ownership starts from the time of creation
  • Contractual freedom: right to define terms and conditions of reproduction
  • Remuneration: provision of equitable remuneration through monetary payment and/or acknowledgment
  • Territoriality: power to decide on geographical scope and license of work
  • Enforcement: right to enforce rights against unauthorized use
  • Normally, the creator of an IP is the owner of its copyright
  • Exceptions: employment and commissioning
  • Employer owns the copyright if the IP is created by an employee pursuant to the terms of employment
  • Commissioner owns the copyright if the IP is commissioned by another person or group

Five Types of Internet Addiction

  • Cyber sexual addiction or cyber porn
  • Cyber relationship addiction
  • Online gambling, auctions, or obsessive trading
  • Information overload
  • Computer addiction to game playing

Cyberbullying

  • Intimidation, oppression, harassment, and discrimination done via ICT
  • Forms: flaming, harassment, cyberstalking, denigration, masquerade, outing and trickery, and exclusion

Cybercrime

  • Illegal acts that happen within the internet, such as hacking, cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, online libel, illegal access to data, online piracy, cybersquatting, and other computer-related offenses
  • Law: a set of universally accepted rules, accepted and enforced within a certain territory or entity
  • Ethics: defines how individuals prefer to interact with one another, related to moral obligation of knowing what is right and wrong
  • Both are important aspects to sustain a stable and harmonious society, applicable to all walks of life and professions

Intellectual Property

  • Anything that a person creates, designs, or invents, that can be treated as an asset or physical property
  • Includes copyright, trademark, and patent
  • Copyright: exclusive legal right of an IP owner to reproduce, sell, or distribute a material that he/she has created

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