Week 2.

Responsible Use of Media and Information

 NETIQUETTE
It is a portmanteau or blending of the words network and etiquette. It is a
set of “guidelines for courteous communication in the online environment.”

What are your do’s and dont’s in communicating online?

 10 CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE
Virginia Shea (1994)
1. Remember the Human.
2. Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real
life.
3. Know where you are in cyberspace.
4. Respect other people's time and bandwidth.
5. Make yourself look good online.
 10 CORE RULES OF NETIQUETTE
Virginia Shea (1994)
6. Share expert knowledge
7. Help keep flame wars under control
8. Respect other people's privacy.
9. Don't abuse your power.
10. Be forgiving of other people's mistakes.
How do you value the importance of having a proper conduct online?
 INFORMATION LITERACY
Stages/Elements of Information Literacy
1 Identifying/recognizing information needs
2 Determining sources of information
3 Citing or searching for information
4 Analyzing and evaluating the quality of information
5 Organizing, storing or archiving information
6 Using information in an ethical, efficient and effective way
7 Creating and communicating new knowledge
There are times when you need to share information that you have acquired
from various sources written by different authors. It is inevitable to directly
quote their words in order to preserve their meaning.
 PLAGIARISM

It refers to using other people’s words and ideas without clearly

acknowledging the source of the information.
 COMMON KNOWLEDGE
Facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be widely
known.

Example:
President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. is the 17th President of the
Philippines.

This is generally known information.

You do not need to document this fact.
 INTERPRETATION
Facts that are not generally known, or ideas that interpret facts.

Example:
Robert Jaworski is the greatest player in Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA) History.

This idea is not a fact but an interpretation or an opinion.

You need to cite the source.
 QUOTATION
When you use a direct quote, place the passage between quotation marks,
and document the source according to a standard documenting style.

Example:
According to data from the Philippine Fishing Development Authority,
there is a “total of 247,637 MT of fish unloaded at the General Santos fish
port in 2018”.

You need to cite the source.

 PARAPHRASE
Using someone’s ideas, but rephrasing them in your own words. Although
you will use your own words to paraphrase, you must still acknowledge
and cite the source of the information.