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  Using Internet as a Research Tool

Topic 3 Ethics and Internet

Impact    Copyright    Privacy    Security  Etiquette  Human Behaviors

Communication Etiquette

  • Keep your communications to the point. Some people pay for Internet access by the hour. The longer it takes to read your messages, the more it may cost them. This is true whether you post messages to a newsgroup or a mailing list.

  • Remember that anything you post to a newsgroup or type during a chat session is a public comment. You never know who's reading it, or who may copy it and spread it around

Netiquette – In General

  • Etiquette
    • The forms required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be required in social or official life

  • Netiquette
    • Etiquette in network environment – set of rules for behaving properly online

Core Rules

  • Think and respect others
  • Share your knowledge
  • Be tolerant to others
  • Do not instigate others by prolonging irrelevant discussions

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