This document discusses the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in social change movements and events in Philippine history. It provides four examples: 1) The People Power Revolution of 1983-1986 where radio broadcasts encouraged protests that ousted President Marcos; 2) The 2001 EDSA Revolution where text messaging fueled growing protests; 3) The 2013 Million People March against corruption where social media was used to organize hundreds of thousands of protesters; and 4) Google's People Finder database during Typhoon Yolanda which helped people track relatives during the disaster. ICT like radio, texting, social media and online databases have been instrumental in enabling social movements to succeed in the Philippines.

1. OBJECTIVES:
1. Understand the importance of ICT as
a platform for social change;
2. Understand the events that ICT
helped realize; and
3. Use prior ICT knowledge in planning
a campaign using online resources.

2. These campaigns for social change would have not been
successful if it were not for ICT.
1. EDSA (PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION).
The People Power Revolution listed from 1983 to 1986. During a
radio broadcast of Radio 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.
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3. 2. EDSA Dos. This is 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 the course
of a few days through brigades. Like the First
People Power Revolution, EDSA Dos would not
have been successful without the text brigade.
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4. 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 demonstrations 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). Through
dubbed as the Million People March, the number of the 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.
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5. 4. Yolanda People Finder. Recent storms
in Philippines history gave birth to the People
finder database powered by Google. During
thypoon 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.
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