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160 Herrick [6] stipulates that civil discourse is related to
the so-called netiquette and digital citizenship.
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Netiquette is etiquette for the web, in which users should be aware of certain codes of conduct when
online, so they can make their online presence pleasant for others. Teachers and students, also in his
stipulation, should be aware of digital citizenship which is the norms of appropriate and responsible use
of technology. There are nine elements to be understood by users in order that they may be able to
respect and protect themselves and others, i.e. 1 digital access: full electronic participation in society;
2 digital commerce: electronic buying and selling goods;
3 digital
communication: electronic
exchange of information; 4 digital literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use
of technology; 5 digital etiquette: electronic standards of conduct and procedure; 7 digital rights
and responsibilities: those freedom extended to everyone in a digital world; 8 digital health and
wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world; and 9 digital security self-
protection: electronic precautions to guarantee safety. Besides considering the elements, Herrick [6] also
suggests the presence of five qualities to allow civil discourse to develop constructively, i.e. 1 courage,
as the willingness to absorb the risk of advocating an unpopular point of view; 2 honesty, as a determined
commitment to telling the truth, regardless of the consequences for our position or the reception of our
message by an audience; 3 cooperation, as a willingness to work with our audience, or even with
an opponent, to arrive at the best understanding possible of the issues before you; 4 respect for
persons, as our given attitudes in the most difficult situations with the people we are in disagreement, and
as our valuing activities on the capacity of other people to reason; and 5 regards for contexts, as
efforts to seek to create and to preserve the locations in which dialogue could take place. All these five
qualities are each a necessary condition of resolving disagreements that arise from ignorance and clashing
worldviews. Exchanging the human experience in the virtual world
of digital humanities requires text. The term text, the writer uses in context of writing this paper, means or
refers to any vehicle of sign, verbal and non-verbal, which can be perceived and then interpreted by others
for the meaning being conveyed. Verbal text interactions here may be in form of written
statements:
comments, opinions,
ideas, and
judgments, or in form of spoken transactions: dialogues, conversations, and discussions. Non-verbal
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interactions may be conducted by using pictures, images, actions, songs, dances, or any other possible
visible movements in any possible social media. Text interactions are also made possible by combining or
putting verbal and non-verbal texts together. Various creativities arise in this sense, which are sometimes
out of or beyond moral control or common tolerance.