NUSING INFORMATICS
Professor: Sir Joshua Coronel
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I. Netiquette
NETIQUETTE
 CODE of INTERNET because the
internet is a NETWORK and
ETIQUETTE is a CODE
 Comparable to appropriate manners in a
professional or academic setting
 Only used for formal means and online
communication
Use of NETIQUETTE:
 Proper netiquette discourages people
from flooding another person’s e-mail
inbox with spam mail or forwarded
messages or misusing social network
sites by posting personal information
unrelated to the online course.
 In addition, especially in an online class,
netiquette includes using standard fonts
and font sizes that are a readable size
Netiquette Guidelines
1. Always be polite and considerate of
others. Never send or keep anything that
you would mind seeing broadcasted on
the Evening News.
 Think before you communicate
in social media.
2. Do not send mail or reply to mail when
you are “flaming”, in order words angry,
tired, upset, or irritable. Cool off first.
Wait until you calm down or can speak to
the person directly.
 Control your emotions.
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 The best way to make decisions
especially to us nurses, is
objective.
3. Think before you reply!!! Do not write
anything online if you would not say the
same think to the recipient face-to-face.
Be professional about what you write to
others (E-mail can be forwarded, and
many people have ended up having the
message forwarded to the person being
gossiped about).
4. As a general rule, focus on one subject or
topic per e-mail message. Keep your
message brief and specific (a maximum
guideline is one or two e-mail screens
worth.
 For applications in the general
future, this rule is mostly applied.
Do not make an application that is
three (3) or more pages long; an
application letter mostly consists
of the following: introduce
yourself, educational attainments,
and qualifications.
Whenmessaging, one should keep
only one topic per chat bubble for
formal chats
5. Make the visual layout of your message
pleasing for the recipient. It should be
easy to read, watch your spacing, lower
and upper-case usage, indentation,
spelling, and etc.
 The most important thing to look
out for in your messages are the
lower and upper cases, since it is
a general idea that only using
upper case in a conversation
usually means that one has strong
emotional antonations in their
message, i.e. one may be angry.
 Indentations are also important,
because the format nowadays for
 writing letters have no more
special indentation at the
beginning, and the sentences start
at the left most side of the page.
 Correct spelling is also a must,
especiallywhen it comes to a
formal message as it could cause
confusion within the message.
 Observing appropriate spacing
from each word in a message is a
given, if spacing becomes an
issue, one must inform the
receiver of such issue. This is Character Definition
important as to not cause
confusion such as:
“thisisanexampleofinappropriates
pacing”.
6. Do not capitalize an entire message like
this: “IT MEANS YOU ARE
SHOUTING IN E-MAIL LAND!!!”.
Use a combination of upper and lower-
case characters, just as you would if you
were writing a pen and paper letter or
memo.
7. Always begin an e-mail message with a
descriptive Subject Heading in five Don’t forget
words or less. An appropriate subject line Before you post “THINK”
allows recipients to organize their e-mail
messages using keywords or subject T- is it True?
headings. H – is it Helpful?
 Follow instructions on how to
construct your subject line if the I – is it Inspiring?
recipient has given a specific
N – is it Necessary?
format as this makes it easier for the
recipient to receive and read your K – is it Kind?
e-mails. Generally, a subject with
all uppercase is likely for urgent Core rule of NETIQUETTE
matters, as such it is used in that Remember the human:
way, although one should not
always use uppercase always as it is  in cyber, there are real people out there.
strictly for urgent uses.
Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
8. Express emotions gracefully. Use
that you follow in real life:
“Smileys” to add an indication of your
emotional intent. Don’t ever use this in  be ethical. Breaking the law is bad
formal setting/Document netiquette.
 You are breaking the law when you
plagiarize.
Know where you are in cyberspace:
 Netiquette varies from domain to domain
 Observe then participate.
Respect other people’s time and bandwidth:
 It’s your responsibility to ensure that the
time they spend reading your post isn’t
wasted.
 You are not the center of cyberspace.
 Don’t waste other people’s time. Think
twice before you hit the send or publish
key.
Make yourself look good online:
 Know what you’re talking about and
make sense.
Do not swear!
Share expert knowledge:
 Sharing your knowledge is fun!
Help keep flame wars under control:
 Strong and heated arguments must be
operated.
Respect other people’s privacy:
 Self-explanatory.
Don’t abuse your power
Be forgiving of other people’s mistakes
 Think twice before reacting.
Digital Footprints
 “Out of sight, Out of mind”. It’s hard to
manage something you’ve never seen.
It’s not uncommon for people to say “I
have nothing to hide, so why should I
care about my digital footprints”.
 The simplest reason: The digital
footprints reveal a lot about you. They
build up into a detailed picture of your
likes and habits and that information has
commercial value.
 Our digital footprints are monetized by
organizations with which we have no
relationship and which we can’t control.
Few internet users realize how intimate
their digital footprints are or how
commonly the resulting data is shared by
third parties
 One online security company has
identified more than 200 Third-party
Advertisers and 630 Tracking
Technologies collecting individual data
on the web. e.g., facebook, twitter,
google.
 They are tracking your visits to any web
page with a like, tweet or plus one button
whether or not you click on that button.
 Every site you visit gives them more
information to store and commercialize.
there’s an implicit bargain there but
who’s getting the best of it?
Other reasons why digital footprint matters
1. Protecting your Reputation
 it’s appropriate to every audience
all time. Digital footprints can be
taken out of context and
misinterpreted.
 reputation is a social interpersonal
judgement tempered by forgiveness
and forgetfulness. You can’t rely on
the internet.
2. Maintaining your ability to decide where
and how your personal information is
shared
 everyone has information that
they only want to share in
specific contexts
 you may share medical
information with family but not
necessarily your boss in some
countries it may be important
that your religious beliefs are
known only to a few
 there are probably substances
which you’re comfortable
sharing personal information
 with organizations through the
internet but wouldn’t want that
same data spread around
 Today’s tracking mechanisms,
most internet users don’t have
the control to prevent that kind of
spread. There is no easy way on
the internet to say no to most
forms of tracking and certainly
no way to say you can share this
but not that
 Commercial Tracking aside,
there’s also a law enforcement
aspect Microsoft, google, twitter,
Facebook and yahoo have all
released user data governments
on demand and there is growing
concern about the number of
apps that leak user’s personal
data
 Online services can greatly
reduce subscriber’s ability to
control their own information.
3. Preventing Financial loss
 Identity theft is a global issue as
digital foot prints are aggregated
into larger databases. Digital
thieves can obtain data about
tremendous numbers of people
facilitating identity related crime
 User authentication systems add
detail to these databases for
example:
“What was your first pet’s
name?” which we might already
have disclosed in some other
context without thinking about it
 When such an aggregation of
data is hacked it’s all the easier
for criminals to impersonate
others for financial gain or other
purposes, even other people’s
digital footprint can affect your
credit worthiness.
 Example: one returning
honeymooner found that his
credit limit had been lowered
from about eleven thousand to
four thousand the credit card
company explained that other
customers who use their card at
establishments where you
recently shopped have a poor
repayment history based on
similar kinds of data and
inference financial services
company could steer you to
credit card offers with higher
interest rates and lower credit
limits an insurer could deny you
coverage or charge you more for
it based on your digital footprint.
4. Preserving your freedom
 maintaining your freedom your
digital footprints can also affect
your freedom to express yourself
and in some places even your
liberty and well-being.
 many governments routinely
track social media sites instant
messaging services and chat
rooms and some may arrest
people for political statements
made in these venues.
 Surveillance software may be
used to intercept
communications to and from
human rights activists and this
has resulted in cases of arrest and
torture. Recently, some mobile
phone users in kiev received a
text message saying dear
subscriber you have been
registered as a participant in a
mass riot based on the location of
their handsets not necessarily on
whether they were there or what
they were doing law
enforcement action based on this
kind of inference comes with a
high risk of air and injustice
 There are softer forms of
freedom too. You may find your
 freedom to access information, http://www.internetsociety.org/footprint.
limited based on assumptions
Click on : “how can I manage my digital
about where you are
footprint?”.
 Using data from your digital
footprints that may or may not be Explore the other links on that page for
reliable. Imagine for a moment background information and practical tips.
that based on your online
activities your reputation was  Digital footprint can be controlled on
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were arrested and jailed any one Source: PPT
of those outcomes could be
devastating but the more of our
lives we conduct online the more
exposed we are to these kinds of
risk how do people feel about
that
 Research in India found that 40
% said they shop online using
unsecured wi-fi networks and
about 20% share passwords with
others
 On the other hand, in a
Malaysian survey 86% said they
are concerned that mobile apps
might be collecting personal
information without their
permission and more than half
(>50%) of those with concerns
state that they limit their use of
apps.
 Among readers of the wall street
journal 60% expressed concern
about the loss of online privacy
and the figure is almost 70%
percent for US consumers as a
whole.

People's perception of the risks clearly varies

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