Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Bad Netiquette

While most users try to avoid bad netiquette in themselves and others it still does occur. In fact, some of the electronic mediums that report high amounts of undesirable behavior (chat rooms and MUDs) actually state specific rules in their policies that address this undesirable behavior(Pankoke-Babatz & Jeffrey, 2002) . Some of the negative behaviors mentioned by Pankoke-Babatz & Jeffrey (2002) are:

  1. Impersonating others
  2. Unlawful, abusive, harrassing, defammatory, threatening, racially or ethnically hateful transmission of information
  3. Sexually explicit images or content
  4. Spamming
  5. Flaming

For more information on bad netiquette see these links:

Electronic Mail Netiquette; Consequences

http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~pmurphy/Talks/e-mail/part_03.shtml

Learning Cyberlaw in Cyberspace

http://www.cyberspacelaw.org/loren/phase3.html

References

Pankoke-Babatz, U., & Jeffrey, P. (2002). Documented Norms and Conventions on the Internet. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 14, 2, pp.219-235, [Electronic Version]. Retrieved November 19, 2006 from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=40&hid=2&sid=abe83363-acba-41d5-b692-68c2c2dbb690%40sessionmgr9

5 comments:

Tyler Crandall said...

After reading the list"bad netiquette"? I was wondering who these rules mainly apply to? Should I use them when communicating with co-workers, family, friends, etc?

laurenalonzo said...

Question: After reading the list"bad netiquette"? I was wondering who these rules mainly apply to? Should I use them when communicating with co-workers, family, friends, etc?

Answer: The list that was posted contained examples of bad netiquette but it did not contain any rules. Some electronic mediums that report higher incidents of bad netiquette do construct and enforce specific rules against bad netiquette in their policies (Pankoke-Babatz & Jeffrey, 2002). The “rules” that help to minimize bad netiquette are the guidelines given in the post “Basic Rules of Netiquette”. The occurrence of extremely bad netiquette (i.e. flaming) is relatively infrequent when compared to unintentional annoying behavior (Preece, 2004). These rules are meant for everyone online since in the electronic world everyone is equal. However, when it comes to family and friends, the decision of how you “should” talk to someone is entirely up to you. No one else knows the type of relationship that people have with those who are the closest to them and therefore cannot dictate how one should act in those circumstances.

References

Pankoke-Babatz, U., & Jeffrey, P. (2002). Documented Norms and Conventions on the Internet. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 14, 2, pp.219-235, [Electronic Version]. Retrieved November 19, 2006 from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=40&hid=2&sid=abe83363-acba-41d5-b692-68c2c2dbb690%40sessionmgr9.

Preece, J. (2004). Etiquette Online: From Nice to Necessary. Communications of the ACM, 47, 4, pp. 56-61, [Electronic Version]. Retrieved November 19, 2006 from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/pdf?vid=7&hid=101&sid=d1208530-5f2e-4481-b33d-90b66885899a%40sessionmgr104.

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Using communication tools like a 1300 number should be used responsibly.

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