Problems with speech etiquette in Internet communications

Abstract

Compliance with speech etiquette in virtual communication is a problem of modern society. The culture of writing electronic texts in the course of correspondence, the rules of politeness and goodwill are not observed by most users, and there is no legal framework regulating the activities of social network sites. The issue of the purity of the Russian language and speech culture is a key environmental problem in the field of linguistics. However, the problem of compliance with speech etiquette in Internet communications by students of higher education is not sufficiently developed. In this regard, in order to identify the position of participants in virtual communication to the problem of compliance with speech etiquette on the Internet and their readiness to solve this issue, the authors conducted a micro-study among students of higher education. The characteristics of the main forms and genres of Internet communications are given, the concepts of "speech etiquette" and "network etiquette"
are considered, and the need to observe speech etiquette in Internet communication is justified. The introduction of common rules and norms of politeness in the Internet space will allow participants of virtual communication to preserve the ecology of the word, the traditions of Russian national speech etiquette, and as a result, not to destroy self-consciousness and identity. The authors also describe aspects of speech etiquette in the Internet.