Open AccessBeyond Netiquette: Digital Citizenship as Participation
Author(s) -
Rozália Klára Bakó
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta universitatis sapientiae. communicatio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2537-2793
pISSN - 2393-0438
DOI - 10.2478/auscom-2021-0004
Subject(s) - citizenship , citizen journalism , competence (human resources) , public relations , political science , sociology , digital society , key (lock) , desk , good citizenship , engineering ethics , media studies , computer science , psychology , law , engineering , social psychology , computer security , politics
Digital citizenship research has been on the agenda of scholars and practitioners since 1999 and has been trending since 2015. A plethora of approaches and definitions have been arising, with two major directions: a theoretical-methodological and a practical-educative. The present critical literature review is aimed at advocating for a more civic approach to the issue of digital citizenship and at presenting arguments in favour of a research agenda focused on the participatory components of digital life . Our desk research operated with both original studies and meta-analyses related to the concept of digital citizenship. While being technically savvy and well-behaved online is a key requirement for today’s netizen, becoming a citizen in virtual spaces requires more. Beyond netiquette, civic participation online is becoming a core competence.