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Chapter 2B Article and Objective Review Combined Directions: 1. Read the Chapter 2B article and highlight important definitions and notes in Kami. Important definitions: Blog, Netiquette, Ethical Issues, Plagiarism, SFW, Presencing, Unified Communication 2. Highlight answer to objective review questions that appear in blue. 3. Turn in when done. Blog A Web log, or blog , is a collection of personal thoughts posted on a public Website. A blog is essentially an electronic journal or public diary. Blogs are an example of a Web 2.0 methodology that emphasizes user interaction. The act of adding to a blog is known as blogging. Following are attributes of a common blog entry: ● It consists of brief, informal thoughts focused on a specific topic . ● It reflects the personality of the author in a unique way. ● It can contain links to other authors or sites. ● It is written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. Some individuals add to their blogs daily, whereas others add to blogs only when moved by a particular event or issue. Blog postings are mainly textual but can include images, photos, links, video, and audio. Objective Review Questions on Blogs 1. Which term is used to describe a collection of personal thoughts posted on a public Web site? A. Blog B. Internet journal C. Anonymous FTP D. Newsgroup Blogging 2. You have created your own blog site and have posted and received numerous entries. You have noticed that blog entries: A. consist of brief, informal thoughts focused on a specific topic. B. can contain only text. C. display in chronological order and are written in reverse chronological order. D. cannot contain links to other authors or sites.
3. Samantha is a senior in high school applying to colleges. She decides to document her experiences online so future high school seniors can learn from her experience. The best method Samantha could use to document her experiences is: A. Blog B. Mashup C. Folksonomy D. Wiki Communicating Effectively over the Internet Netiquette The term netiquette has been coined to encourage common sense and politeness, and to establish general rules for Internet etiquette. These guidelines include the following: ● Use business language in all work-related messages. ● Keep messages brief and pertinent (important) ● Remember that messages or posts have permanence and may be printed or forwarded to other people. ● Check your spelling and proofread your message before sending or posting it. ● Consider that typing in all capital letters connotes shouting or anger. ● Respond immediately to messages and posts sent to you, and think clearly about what you write. ● Remember that using emoticons in e-mail messages or newsgroup postings is not considered a professional practice. ● Consider that common Internet acronyms and abbreviations, such as LOL (Laughing Out Loud) or BRB (Be Right Back), may be unfamiliar to some people. Objective Review Questions on Communicating Effectively over the Internet 4. Why should you avoid typing e-mail messages in all capital letters? A. Because messages containing all capital letters require more bandwidth to transmit B. Because all capital letters may be ignored by some e-mail clients C. Because using all capital letters connotes shouting or anger D. Because visually impaired readers have trouble reading all capital letters Internet Communication - Ethical Issues Internet technology allows us to communicate on a personal level with people we may not know. The ethical issues (Ethical refers to following accepted rules of behavior. It is considered ethical if you follow the rules. It is considered unethical if you do not follow the rules.) that apply to face-to-face communication also apply to Internet-based communications. Consider the following:
● Online chat and instant messaging sessions are not secure. Never send credit card or password information to another user. ● Instant messaging and chat rooms make communication easy and anonymous. Remember that when you are in an online chat room with other users whom you do not know personally, you only know what they choose to tell you (which may be true or false). Do not provide personal information, such as your Social Security number or your address, to unknown users. ● You should not ask other users to divulge personal information via these sessions. ● Never agree to meet someone you meet online. It may be a predator. This is the most personal risk associated with using social media. ● Parents and older siblings should warn children carefully about the dangers of online chat. Predators lurk on the Internet. Children should never disclose their full names, ages, addresses or school names to people they do not know personally. Objective Review Questions on Internet Communication 5. Which of the following behaviors is considered to have the most personal risk associated with it when using social media? A. Engaging in a chat room conversation with someone you have recently met online B. Expressing a strong opinion in a blog post C. Agreeing to meet someone in person after getting acquainted on Facebook D. Agreeing to write status updates for a popular celebrity 6. You and other parents are attending Back To School Night at your son's school. During his presentation about this year's curriculum and goals, your son's teacher talks about the dangers of the Internet. Which of the following should he include in his recommendations to the parents? A. Direct the parents to visit their children's chat rooms and ask the other users to provide identification. B. Urge the parents to warn their children to never provide personal information over the Internet. C. Remind the parents that the anonymity of chat rooms provides security for their children. D. To minimize the parents' fear, tell the parents that the threat of predators has been reduced in recent times. Plagiarism and Shareware Using information that you find on the Web in research papers is permissible if you cite the work properly, just as you must do with material you find in a printed publication. However, plagiarizing online content (Plagiarism means copying someone else's written work
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