Now that society today is plugged into the internet and spending a good chunk of their lives online, it is important to learn how to behave accordingly! Etiquette is no longer just for the dinner table or a set of guidelines when visiting your extended family- it expands to a digital medium and if you are not a "digital native," it's definitely not going to come naturally. Even as someone growing up in a digital age, it is important to know the proper ways of self expression online just as it is in any other public setting.
Emily Post recently came out with a book that highlights the do's and don'ts of online behavior, something that shows how far we have come in our use of social media and internet usage. The digital boom has transformed the way we live our lives in society today, and as this article points out, proper behavior can determine whether the internet and social media is used against you, or to your benefit. I found it to be very interesting that we have to learn a whole new set of manners and pass them down to future generations, and unlike table manners, these will modify as quickly as the technology- something that we have to stay on top of to make sure that we, as well as future generations can use to our full benefit.
The full article can be found here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/10/19/141480472/a-new-emily-post-for-your-blog-posts
I LOVE this!! I'm a huge Emily Post fan and I think it's fantastic that our community is finally ready to sit down and write out a solid set of rules for internet and blogging etiquette. Just like our times change, so do the societal definitions of appropriate and inappropriate. Steps forward such as this one will help us all become more fluent with technology.
ReplyDeleteI also found this to be very interesting. I remember reading etiquette books for girls as a child that discussed topics such as writing thank you notes and inviting people to your birthday party via a print invitation. Now, as evidenced in this book, the advice is geared towards the increasingly digital world that we live in. Thnak you notes are replaced with thnak you emails and print invitations are replaced with Facebook event invites. I think this book would be very helpful for everyone to read because a great deal of human interaction is now done online and it's always important to be polite and respectful towards everyone.
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