Etiquette+and+Netiquette

 Etiquette refers to the proper way people are supposed to conduct themselves in social situations. Different societies develop a set of formal and informal rules by which active participants in societies need to behave to be accepted by the group. These rules determine an individuals acceptance into the group and serve to classify people based upon adherance or non-adherance to percieved rules of the group.

Since the advent of the internet, and especially the new Web 2.0 trend, computers serve as a new tool for people to socialize. The distributed nature of the internet brings many disparate people together in this new social medium. As this develops, there is a new set of rules developing both inherantly and purposefully. These new rules of online social interaction are called Netiquette. Nettiquette is a term which describes the proper way people are supposed to socialize over the internet. [[http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/act_sheets/CY00_Stdnt_G68_L11.pdf|

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http://www.bpl.org/kids/Netiquette.htm