Module 4 Task - Annotation

Take this note Miss Moneypenny

I reviewed my sources and decided to write this annotation on 'Lex Networkia, Understanding the Internet Community', from the peer-reviewed online journal First Monday (I initially discovered First Monday via searching Intute database).

A challenge for writing annotations for the concept assignment is knowing that they are only able to be 100 words. This means information about the subjects discussed and the purpose need to be condensed; so inclusion of a source in itself is a positive evaluation of the reliability and authority of the site/source on the particular subject.

My annotation:
Written by the principal, Internet Mechanics, and board member of Directors of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), two years after the publication of “Netiquette”, this (peer-reviewed) article develops some of the concepts outlined in “Netiquette” and reinforces there is no single authority of the internet; it is the responsibility of internet citizens.
The article outlines how social behaviour, protocols and codes of conduct have evolved as both products of collective experiences and responses to threats internet communities.

A vision for the future (ironically),is taken from 11th, 12th centuries, where a governing system for markets over several countries and language barriers was developed (called Lex mercantilia)it is suggested that, via the various forms of netiquette we have an informal Lex Networkia.

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I have also included the abstract on the paper from First Monday:

“Much of the legal effort regarding the Internet and cyberspace occurs with little regard for the communities that will be most affected by new regulations and treaties. The Internet communities have evolved, over time, to create their own processes for self-regulation and tolerance. Legislative experiments that fail to take into account the nature of the Internet communities and the Internet itself are fundamentally counter-productive.”

...which was a contributing reason to why I selected this source over others I had found.

References

Valauskas, E.J., (1996, July 8) Lex Networkia, Understanding the Internet Community. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, New York. Retrieved 1 August, 2008, from http://www.firstmonday.dk

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4/valauskas/