Informatics Practices · Ch 6 — Societal Impacts
Summary
Summary
- Whenever we perform any activity online, we leave behind a trail of data, referred to as Digital footprint.
- Communication over a network needs to abide by certain rules called etiquettes, categorised as net etiquettes, communication etiquettes, and social media etiquettes.
- Net etiquette covers being ethical, being respectful, and being responsible while using the internet.
- Communication etiquette covers being precise, being polite, and being credible.
- Social media etiquette covers being secure and being reliable while using social media.
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protect the interest of creators by giving them exclusive rights over their creation; copyright, patent, and trademark are its major forms. Plagiarism and copyright infringement violate these rights.
- Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) gives users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software. …