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My dogs and horses are in my hometown while I study in AdDU. I make sure to always visit them when I get a chance on the weekends. They make me happy and distract me from things that bother me temporarily.

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My name is Maria Nathalia Mikaela E. Fotich. I go by the name “Nathalia” or “Thalia”. I am a determined, contemplative, open-minded, and passionate person. My goals and aspirations are based on what I love to do and what will make me happy in the future, POSSIBLY in the field of science. I understand the work and sacrifices that need to be made to acquire what I want and need which is why I consider myself determined.

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I grew up in different places in Bukidnon, mainly in Malaybalay City and the municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon. My family has a history in our province. My great great grandfather, Manolo Fortich was the first governor and was and still is honoured by our province and our family by remembering him through his successes and naming places in his honour.I have many fond memories from my childhood  when my grandfather would tell us stories about his legacy. Bukidnon is a mountainous place, a beautiful view from any point. Our province isn’t fully developed, which I believe is a good thing. Nature is preserved and respected by its citizens.

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My hobbies include horseback riding and PCC shooting. Both of these hobbies were introduced to me when I was just a little girl. I have professionally trained for horseback riding and have joined competitions all over Mindanao. As for shooting, I train with a Pistol Caliber-Carbine with my father and close friends who have competitive shooting experience.

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A family of four, we became a family when I was born on November 27, 2006. Following the birth of my sister when I was four years old, which I was thriller to hear about. I see my family as strong and have made me feel loved and protected. Everyday I listen to them reassure and tell me that no matter what they have my back and will defend me. They have shaped and influenced the person I am today.

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Buddy is one of my favorite dogs. (yes I have a favorite!)
He is a loyal and sweet pet, he stays in my room every night. I have a tendency to sleep walk that has caused me to wake up with bruises or a sore body at times. Having my dog with me in my room at night avoids me from sleep walking.

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Blaze is honestly a terrible horse to ride. She has bucked me off several times leaving me bruises. However, I believe she is a very pretty horse who I love to take pictures of and attempt to train.

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He is one of my most trusted horses. I could do anything, go anywhere, stand on top of him and he will never attempt to do anything that would harm me. Hannibal always followed my commands and together we won awards, we won champion in novice ladies division in Glan National Horse-show last summer. Sadly, I had to say goodbye to him back in November of 2023 due to an incurable virus (EIA) he tested positive for.

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Blaze got me soaking wet while we walked or swam through the river…

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We bought Bakari from a local farm in my hometown. He wasn’t in good shape, however he had promising bloodline. We got him trained to build up his muscles and nurtured him back to exceptional health.

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What does the name Bakari mean?

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Meaning:Noble oath; Hopeful, promising

Bakari is a masculine name with Egyptian and Swahili roots. Meaning "noble oath," "hopeful," and "promising," this stand-out moniker is perfect for those who have a glass-half-full outlook. With a name like Bakari, your little one is destined for a life of optimism and hope. When the going gets tough, you can count on them to show you that the future is brighter than you think!

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Learn about the baby name Bakari including baby name meaning, gender, origin, and more.

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Both Bonita and Jones are hyper but very passionate dogs. They will not stop asking for attention and jumping on me. Whenever I have a trail - horseback riding in our ranch they follow me anywhere I go.

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Can shopping be considered a hobby?
If yes, then it is one of my hobbies. I love to shop for new clothes, shoes, cosmetics, skincare, fragrances, accessories, and gadgets. I find shopping therapeutic. Whenever I shop I get to take a break from what is causing my stress. It is like the only problem I have is looking for material things that will look good on me, my size, and the right price. However, the money I spend is my own (most of the time 😅). I have money from my allowance and gifts and splurge from time-to-time, or sometimes try to save it.

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I try my best to get a facial every 2 weeks to minimize my acne. At my age (17), I get regular breakouts so I needed to consult with a dermatologist.

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These people influence how I dress, shop, and sometimes how I decide and act. They are not perfect nor do I see them as role models. However, the parts of their lives they share inspire me to be courageous and explore new things, who I can be.

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Matilda Djerf is a fashion designer and famous influencer.

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Mai Pham is a YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers. I have watched her videos since 2018. I find her life inspirational, she shared from her humble beginnings while she had no permanent place to live in to living in a penthouse apartment in NYC.

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Sofia Richie is a media personality and model. She had a bad reputation in 2017, famous for her relationships and unsustainable lifestyle as a nepotism baby. However, she was able to reinvent herself in 2023. I’m find her fashion sense elegant and her commitment to using the opportunities given to her.

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Bella Hadid is one of the most famous models. I have been a fan of hers when I saw skits of their family reality show. Recently she joined the National Cutting Horse Association, this is western horseback riding which is one of my hobbies.

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Taylor Swift is a singer and songwriter. I find her songs inspiring and I sometimes find them relatable. I am so grateful to say that I will be able to attend the ERAS TOUR this year.

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Lana Del Rey is a singer and songwriter for the genre indie rock.  When I listen to her music I feel soothed and euphoric. What I cannot forget was when she mentioned in an interview that her music was less about the lyrics but how it sounded made her and her audience feel.

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You will constantly notice me listen to music, whether I’m sad, happy, depressed, crying, or angry. These songs soothe me and empowers me to “FEEL”, to accept my emotions, move on or do something about it. Each song reminds me to not bottle up my feelings but to express myself.

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My Journey Toward Becoming an MIL Individual 💡

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My Journey Toward Becoming an MIL Individual 💡

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MIL contributes to the development and strengthening of democratic societies

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MIL contributes to the development and strengthening of democratic societies

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Media and information literacy (MIL) is essential for the development and strengthening of democratic societies. While we have as much as the provided information about our society MIL will help us analyse and evaluate. With proper use of this information we create opportunities.

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The role MIL plays in promoting citizen participation and engagement in the democratic processes

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The role MIL plays in promoting citizen participation and engagement in the democratic processes

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It helps us citizens analyse and evaluate the information in the development in our communities. We to form our own judgment and make individual opinions to our representatives in democratic society. We have the power to hold these representatives accountable and be informed citizens. We are able to elect the most eligible candidates or representatives. To foster peace and development of our communities, benefit the vast majority.

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The Most Important Element of Digital Citizenship 

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The Most Important Element of Digital Citizenship 

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The most important element of digital citizenship for me as a gen z teen is digital communication. I believe so because the exchange of information and communication online is very convenient, easier, faster, and a much larger scope. I know I can survive without internet even though I do rely on it for information. I would like to give my hobby as an example, horseback riding which I enjoy training and learning about. Although my main source is the internet I have a few coaches and friends I’ve made in the sport that I can converse with. Several of the information they share are based on years of experience that are mostly not on the internet.

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Importance of Media literacy: Evolving Role of Librarianships to combat the epidemic of misinformation.

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Importance of Media literacy: Evolving Role of Librarianships to combat the epidemic of misinformation.

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The nature of information consumption, assimilation, and circulation has drastically changed as society shifts further into the digital age. The overwhelming volume and rate of information we are exposed to today has changed how people understand, share, and use it.

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After checking my screen time on my phone I feel concerned. Despite the fact that I usually leave my phone on or fall asleep using it, it has taken up more or less 13 hours of each my days.

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The media I use aren’t mostly informative. The movies, shows, posts from my friends and influencers may teach me some things but the majority of these are all for entertainment. I realise that I must take action to use my resources more proactively and study media that may help me achieve my goals.

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The media that I have shared with you are my inspirations to be more courageous and creative. I’ve come to the realisation that the personality and how I portray myself to the public came from the influence of the media here. They may not all be beneficial media some do impact my self-worth, empower myself to strive and work hard. However, at times I get pressured by the standards that is shared through these media. I find it hard to keep up trying to be perfect or be content. I remind myself to carefully study and be open-minded to media content with its pros and cons.

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I hope you enjoyed and learned from who I am, what and who inspires me.

-NATHALIA MIKAELA FORTICH

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Strengthen Media Literacy to Win the Fight Against Misinformation (SSIR)

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The deliberate or unintentional spread of misinformation, despite capturing widespread public attention, remains as rampant as ever, showing up recently in the form of false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, the Capitol riot, and many other topics. This " infodemic" is polarizing politics, endangering communities, weakening institutions, and leaving people unsure what to believe or whom to trust. It threatens the foundations of democratic governance, social cohesion, national security, and public health.

Misinformation is a long-term problem that demands long-term, sustainable solutions as well as short-term interventions. We've seen a number of quicker, technological fixes that improve the social media platforms that supply information. Companies like Facebook and Twitter, for example, have adjusted their algorithms or called out problematic content. We've also seen slower, human-centered approaches that make people smarter about the media they demand to access online. Evidence-driven educational programs, for instance, have made people better at discerning the reliability of information sources, distinguishing facts from opinions, resisting emotional manipulation, and being good digital citizens.

It hasn't been enough. If we're to stop misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks. It will take all sectors of society: business, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, philanthropists, researchers, governments, and more. We also need to balance our efforts. For too long, too many resources and debates have focused on changing the technology, not educating people. This emphasis on the supply side of the problem without a similar investment in the demand side may be a less effective use of time and energy.

While technology-centered, self-policing solutions-filtering software, artificial intelligence, modified algorithms, and content labeling-do have the ability to make changes quickly and at scale, they face significant ethical, financial, logistical, and legal constraints.

For one, social media business models thrive on engagement, which incentivizes emotionally charged and freely flowing content. Tech leaders like Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, hesitate taking action over concerns about free speech and have tried to avoid political debates until pressed. When they do take action, they face scrutiny for an inconsistent approach. Additionally, research shows that some of the most commonly employed methods for combatting misinformation on social media-such as banners that display fact-checks-have little impact on people's likelihood to believe deliberately misleading news, and some even backfire. And because people often have a deeply held desire to share what they know with others-particularly information that seems threatening or exciting-tech companies can only go so far to regulate content. There is also the challenge of volume. Tech platforms struggle to keep pace with the many forms and producers of disinformation. Stopping them resembles a high-stakes, never-ending game of Whac-A-Mole.

Given these challenges, we need to invest more into human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy. They not only demonstrate a much deeper and longer-lasting impact, but also may be easier and cheaper to implement than commonly believed.

Research from the RAND Corporation and others shows media and information literacy improves critical thinking, awareness of media bias, and the desire to consume quality news-all of which help beat back misinformation. Even brief exposure to some training can improve competencies in media literacy, including a better understanding of news credibility or a more robust ability to evaluate biases. Media literacy has a stronger impact than political knowledge on the ability to evaluate the accuracy of political messages, regardless of political opinion. Digital media literacy reduced the perceived accuracy of false news, and training remains effective when delivered in different ways and by different groups.

Media literacy training has lasting impact. A year and a half after adults went through a program from IREX (a nonprofit where the authors work), they continued to be 25 percent more likely to check multiple news sources and 13 percent more likely to discern between disinformation and a piece of objective reporting. In Jordan and Serbia, participants in IREX's training also improved their media literacy skills up to 97 percent.

Media literacy programs can also be affordably and extensively delivered through schools. Finland and Sweden incorporated media literacy into their education systems decades ago with positive results, and Ukraine is beginning to do the same. In Britain, youth who had training in schools showed an improvement in media literacy skills.

Critics may say that improving people's media literacy and other human-centered solutions are resource-intensive and will not address the problem quickly enough or at sufficient scale. These are real challenges, but the long-term efficacy of such programs is exactly what is needed in the never-ending battle with misinformation. We need to invest more in them while continuing to pursue technology solutions, or we may never create and sustain the accurately informed citizenry that healthy democracies demand.

The effort will require all sectors of societies across the globe collaborating to fully understand and solve the problem. We need nonprofits and advocacy organizations to raise the alarm with the people they serve. We need philanthropists to step up with funding to scale solutions. We need more researchers to provide evidence-based answers to the full scope of the problem and the efficacy of fixes. We need governments to integrate media literacy standards into schools and incentivize training. We need tech companies to do more than tweak their platforms-they need to invest in educating the people who use them, too.

The tools to blunt the power of misinformation are in our hands, but we have to work smarter and faster or risk losing an ever-intensifying fight. Much learning, coalition-building, scaling, and communication remains to be done to " emerge from information bankruptcy." Solutions are complex but within our reach. And the consequences of inaction are dire: the increasingly severe and invasive destabilization of our societies and daily lives as lies trample the truth.
Read more stories by Kristin M. Lord & Katya Vogt.

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Strengthen Media Literacy to Win the Fight Against Misinformation (SSIR)

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The deliberate or unintentional spread of misinformation, despite capturing widespread public attention, remains as rampant as ever, showing up recently in the form of false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, the Capitol riot, and many other topics. This " infodemic" is polarizing politics, endangering communities, weakening institutions, and leaving people unsure what to believe or whom to trust.