Module 10 - Social Justice Issues

Is social justice evident in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona? Discuss.

            Every anomalies found, especially on the government, impeachment trial shall take place to prove your innocence. On the issue of Chief Justice Corona’s impeachment trial in relation to social justice, I guess, social justice is evident on this situation. I can say that it is evident in such a way that in this impeachment trial, anomalies have been revealed against Chief Justice Corona. Even though Corona is in higher position, they still proceed on the impeachment trial. The impeachment trial is still ongoing. Still, in every impeachment trial, you can say that the court is really debating if Corona is guilty or not.  I can say that an impeachment trial is not evident in such a way that still, you can't see clearer results of the trial. Even though impeachment trial can degrade our country because higher ranks in the economy are involved, still, this situation will happen to bring social justice among people.

Module 9 - Private Issues

Talking about privacy, how far would you go for the sake of social justice? Justify.

            There are certain limitations for everything you do. Just like when you know you can’t hold on anymore, you just let your heart out. Privacy and social justice is just the same. When you talk about privacy, it is the ability to seclude yourself from the rest and only reveal selective information to people. Social justice on the other hand, is the promotion of the welfare of the people. Talking about privacy and social justice, I guess, there are limitations on how far will I go for the sake of social justice. For me, I guess, it will be that time when I have to swallow my pride for the sake of others. Also, when I know that if a certain act of mine though it contradicts what privacy really is, but I know that it will bring happiness or goodness to the people around me, I guess, I  will go that far for the sake of social justice. What I am trying to say here is that, how far will you go for a certain act will vary on certain circumstances in life for the sake of yourself and the people that may be affected of your own doings.

Module 8 : Computer Abuses

Question:     

      

             What computer abuse would you like to eradicate? How would you do it?

  

Answer: 

            Computer abuse is common nowadays. And for sure, we like to eradicate them   all because it is annoying. But, we know that we can’t eradicate them. We can only minimize them. One computer abuse is Spamming.

 Spamming can be minimized by this ways: 

(http://email.about.com/od/spamandgettingridofit/tp/most_effective.htm)

1. Stop Spam with Disposable Email Addresses

2. Watch Out for Those Checkboxes

3. Disguise Your Email Address in Newsgroups, Forums, Blog Comments, Chat

4. How Long, Complicated Email Addresses Beat Spammers

5. Use Disposable Email Addresses at Your Web Site

6. Domain Owners: Set up Throwaway Addresses to Fight Spam

Module 7 : Computer Hoax Categories

Question:
 

            There are still enormous sources of misinformation on the world wide web, so how can you determine what is good information and what is bad information?

Answer:

             There are lots of information that can be found on the internet. Some of the information may be reliable, maybe not. Finding a good source of information on the web may be difficult since a lot can be found and find it hard to determine what is good    and what bad information is. 

            There are certain guidelines that you might help you in determining what is good information. According to this site http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/web-eval-sites.htm, from Virginia Montecino, the guidelines are:

1. Is there any evidence that the author of the Web information has some authority in the field about which she or he is providing information? What are the author's qualifications, credentials and connections to the subject? 

2. With what organization or institution is the author associated? Is there a link to the sponsoring organization, a contact number and/or address or e-mail contact? A link to an association does not necessarily mean that the organization approved the content. 

3. Does the author have publications in peer reviewed (scholarly and professional) publications, on the Web or in hard copy? (If an author does not have peer reviewed articles published, this does not mean that she or he does not have credible information, only that there has been no professional "test" of the author's authority on that subject.) 

4. Are there clues that the author/s are biased? For example, is he/she selling or promoting a product? Is the author taking a personal stand on a social/political issue or is the author being objective ? Bias is not necessarily "bad," but the connections should be clear. 

5. Is the Web information current? If there are a number of out-of-date links that do not work or old news, what does this say about the credibility of the information?

6. Does the information have a complete list of works cited, which reference credible, authoritative sources? If the information is not backed up with sources, what is the author's relationship to the subject to be able to give an "expert" opinion? 

7. Can the subject you are researching be fully covered with WWW sources or should print sources provide balance? Much scholarly research is still only available in traditional print form. It is safe to assume that if you have limited background in a topic and have a limited amount of time to do your research, you may not be able to get the most representative material on the subject. So be wary of making unsupportable conclusions based on a narrow range of sources. 

8. On what kind of Web site does the information appear? The site can give you clues about the credibility of the source.

9. Deconstruct the Web address (URL) to find out the source of the information (and the server on which it resides). What do the different parts of a URL, divided by "/" symbols mean? URL addresses are hierarchical. For example, the URL address: 
"http://www.gmu.edu/facstaff/policy/administrative/60.html", broken down into its components, is (from the lowest to highest): the file "University Policy #60" - Responsible Use of Computing ("60.html"), is linked in a Web page called "University Administration Policies"  ("administrative"). The "University Administration Policies" page is linked on a Web page called the "Faculty/Staff  Information" ("facstaff"), which a link on MasonLink the GMU home page, which server is called: "www.gmu.edu." 

           There are also websites that may contain bad information. Possible websites that may contain bad information if:

·   If the website can be edited by users.

·   If it is a personal website, if the user of that website is not up front to his/her personal information.

·   If the website contains ideas where the site is not cited.

·   If the sites publish information without letting you know if the information is a personal viewpoint.

Module 5 : Moral Problems

Question:

          Today, it is a fact that a lot of Filipino women are into online GOLD digging. You know what it means, right? Suppose one of them is your sister who happens to be your family's breadwinner. What would you do on this matter?

Answer:

           We can say that a lot of Filipino women are into online GOLD digging. It is common nowadays since a lot are in need of money. Online GOLD digging may be done by doing censored things (things that must be done in private) in exchange for money or by marrying old ones with lots of money. But sometimes, it’s a case-to-case basis.

           The situation above states that, “a sister who happens to be your family’s breadwinner is into online GOLD digging”. If it were to be based on morality, of course, it is something that is unethical and that can bring down one’s morality. If this situation happens to my family, I guess the only thing I can do is talk to her. I believe that if we, together with the family members, will seriously talk in this matter, it will enlighten her mind what will be the right thing to do. I will make her understand what the consequences may be if she will sort into that kind of thing. But in the end, it is my sister’s choice to do it or not. After all, if a person makes up her mind into something, it is very difficult to persuade her to change her decision.