Case Study
1. How was Mr. Nestor Punzalan affected by wrongfully accused in social media as the suspect in the said shooting incident?
-He and his family receive a lot of discrimination
-He and his family received many death threats
-He and his family's name and reputation is destroyed
2. What is the liability of Top Gear, other social media outlets, and netizens who wrongfully accused Mr. Nestor Punzalan as the suspect in the said shooting incident?
-They must delete all posts that is related in the incident and Nestor Punzalan
-A public apology is needed to clear all misunderstandings
-Tgey must explain to everyone about the misunderstandings and clear his name
3. What role was played by citizen journalism and social media in this incident?
Because those citizens have no proper work or professional background when it comes to media, they cause major casualty to Mr. Punzalan's reputation for believing to lies and spread fake information to many people.
4. What positive and negative effects of media and information on individual and society were evident in this incident?
-It is positive, for what happened, people will be more aware on their actions in social media and make sure what they see in the internet is 100% true.
-The negative effects is that internet had a big impact to Nestor Punzalan and his family for it can harm a certain individual. It also covers real facts and evidences.
5. How can we prevent this kind of incident as experienced by Mr. Punzalan from happening in the future?
-We should be responsible on the things we post on the internet
-Check the information twice if it is true or not before sharing to others
6. What important lessons can we learn from this event as a social media user?
Be careful on what we post on the internet for some hurtful words can cause problems to one individual. Don't believe right away on what we see on the internet, check it in a reliable source before sharing to everybody. Be careful on what we post for there are more people who can be affected by it, not only one individual but also his family.
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