Module Summary
Social media has become such an important and dominant aspect of our online presence, that it is important to be familiar with and understand the best practices concerning online behavior.
This module addresses core principles of good behavior in online communities, and highlights the characteristics of being a good digital citizen.
Here are some of the key points learned from this module:
Basic Principles of Social Media and Ethics
In online communities, expected good behaviour is governed by:
Ethics: the concept of what is good, bad, right and wrong
Etiquette: a code of behavior of societal norms Three core principles that underpin social media ethics and etiquette are:
1. Authenticity— Honesty about who you are
2. Transparency— Being Transparent helps to build trust
3. Communication— Effective Conversations will assist in getting to know people as people and letting them get to know you
Social Media and Etiquette
Online communities, unlike typical real-world communities comprise great diversity with many persons from different religions, races and widely differing cultures and backgrounds. Many Do’s and Don’t’s of Social media Etiquette are grounded in the basic premise of “treat others as we would want them to treat us”
Copyright and Licenses
Copyright is the legal concept that works—art, writing, images, music, and more—belong to the people who create them, their intellectual property. A License is the permission that the person who holds the copyright provides to allow others to to use, copy, or change a those works. Creative Commons provides a flexible range of licenses that copyright owners can use to govern how their intellectual property is used on the Internet
Digital Citizenship and Licenses
Good digital citizenship is a self-regulated behavior that should help to sustain and improve the online digital communities that you are a part of. the desirable actions and habits of good digital citizens depends on all of the factors that we have discussed in this module: Ethics, Netiquette, Observing Copyrights.
