Netiquette Vocabulary
Terms from the Video
Netiquette = digital etiquette
Digital = being online (using the Internet or Social Media to communicate with other people)
Etiquette = a set of rules for how to behave online (having good manners, treating others with respect, and communicating clearly with others online)
Flaming = when rude things are posted by people online
Flamewars = when people argue and insult each other online
Troll = a rude person who tries to start flamewars online and make people angry
Anonymous = unidentified (no one can tell who you really are)
Abbreviations = l8r (later) or lol (laugh out loud) or net (internet)
Emoticons = :-) or :-/
Appropriate = what is correct to fit that situation and the audience receiving the message
Privacy = keeping personal information from being posted online to anyone (including your name, address, photos, and other personal identity information)
Terms from the Quiz
Moderate = to be in charge of keeping peace between people while they communicate online
Provoke = to try to start up bad feelings in a person, to get people angry
Passively = to stay out of it and not get involved or do anything at all
Recognize = when people know who you are, when they can identify you
Retaliation = when someone tries to get back at somebody else, when a person tries to get revenge
Heckling = when someone in real life yells or says mean and hurtful things to another person who is close by and can hear what is being said
Positive = good
Reinforcement = things that happen over and over to build up a pattern
Benefit = a good thing
Correspond = to write back and forth from one person to another, taking turns
Anonymity = being unidentified (no one can tell who you really are)
Infer = being able to figure out what something means based on the information you've been given, even if the answer isn't given to you directly
Terms from the Challenge
Concepts = ideas
Clarity = something that is clear and easy to understand
Tone = the type of emotion being meant in the message
Social Networking = an online message board, using a social media site or app like Instagram, SnapChat, Twitter, or Facebook