Special Issue 5/1/02 Volume 11 No. 1 In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens [10] New Hebrew Dictionary Subject: the term netizen Hi, I was hoping you could help me define the term "netizen". I'm actually working on a Hebrew dictionary, and since the term is now used in our language as well, we decided to include it in the new version of our dictionary (hardcopy). My question is: to my ear, the term implies a sense of responsibility, belonging, sharing, cooperation etc., meaning malevolent users, such as hackers and virus spreaders, wouldn't be considered netizens. Am I correct to assume this? The reason I'm asking is that some definitions I found (on the Web, of course) say netizen is simply an Internet user, or frequent user. This seems lacking to me. Do you agree? TIA Best regards, Dorit Attar Linguist, Translator and Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reprinted from the Amateur Computerist Vol 11 No 1, May 1, 2002. The whole issue or a subscription is available for free via email. Send a request to jrh@ais.org or see http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------