scholarly journals Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

scholarly journals RESEARCH ETHICS PRACTICES IN A CHANGING SOCIAL MEDIA LANDSCAPE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina E. Kinder-Kurlanda ◽  
Katrin Weller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

In our work we study practical approaches to internet research ethics with a logitudinal perspective. We have interviewed more than 40 social media researchers in 2013-2014 using a semi-structured qualitative interview approach. From these interviews we gained insights into the challenges of everyday research practices at the various stages of the research process, as well as into motivations for specific approaches and critical reflections on research design and decision making, particularly concerning research ethics. At the end of 2019 we started re-interviewing the participants in our study and will continue to do so over the next months. In addition to questions about the details of everyday data work and the rationales behind (ethical) decision making, we are asking participants what has changed in the way they conduct research with social media. Based on our interviews as well as the ongoing discussions of Internet Research Ethics in the community, this paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of social media research practices and how they have evolved over the past years. Between our two interview periods, the social media landscape has witnessed several changes, including incidents like the "Cambridge Analytica scandal", which have also created ethical discussions in the broader public. By asking researchers about their everyday work, our research contributes to a look behind the scenes of "life as an internet researcher", as phrased in the list of topics in the call for papers.

scholarly journals Internet Research Ethics

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dag Elgesem ◽  
Charles Ess ◽  
Anders Olof Larsson ◽  
Marika Lüders ◽  
Robindra Prabhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

scholarly journals Detecting, Preventing, and Responding to “Fraudsters” in Internet Research: Ethics and Tradeoffs

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. F. Teitcher ◽  
Walter O. Bockting ◽  
José A. Bauermeister ◽  
Chris J. Hoefer ◽  
Michael H. Miner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Institutional Review Boards ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Fraudulent Activity ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

Research that recruits and surveys participants online is increasing, but is subject to fraud whereby study respondents — whether eligible or ineligible — participate multiple times. Online Internet research can provide investigators with large sample sizes and is cost efficient. Internet-based research also provides distance between the researchers and participants, allowing the participant to remain confidential and/or anonymous, and thus to respond to questions freely and honestly without worrying about the stigma associated with their answers. However, increasing and recurring instances of fraudulent activity among subjects raise challenges for researchers and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). The distance from participants, and the potential anonymity and convenience of online research allow for individuals to participate easily more than once, skewing results and the overall quality of the data.

Internet Research Ethics: The Field and Its Critical Issues

2009 ◽  
pp. 273-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Buchanan ◽  
Charles Ess
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

Virtue ethics, situationism and casuistry: toward a digital ethics beyond exemplars

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastiaan Vanacker
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Ethics ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

Purpose This paper aims to propose an ethical approach best suited to dealing with the issues of digital ethics in general and internet research ethics in particular. Design/methodology/approach This article engages with the existing literature on virtue ethics, situationism and digital (research) ethics. Findings A virtue-based casuistic method could be well-suited to deal with issues relating to digital ethics in general and internet research ethics in particular as long as it can take place in communities with shared practices and traditions. Originality/value These insights could add and further deepen the rich debate about research ethics that is already ongoing within the internet research community.

Internet Research Ethics Questions and Considerations

2011 ◽  
pp. 397-402
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Information Ethics ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Parallel Lines ◽  
Online Catalogs ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

The Internet, as a global research phenomenon, has developed along two parallel lines: as a medium for research (e.g., databases, electronic indexes, online catalogs) and as a field or locale of research (e.g., MUDs, MOOs, online communities, Usenet, listservs, blogs, etc.). This article will discuss this second phenomenon, and the ethical implications that arise with such research endeavors, an emerging field known as Internet Research Ethics (IRE). Specifically, this article will call attention to the major areas of online research ethics, while acknowledging that hard-and-fast “answers” to some of the questions are elusive. IRE fits into a larger framework of research and information ethics, both of which have a longer history and more firmly established research base from which to inform this growing field.

scholarly journals Internet research ethics

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. Ess
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Problem ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Machine Interaction ◽  
Internet Research Ethics

This article discusses Internet research ethics, which promises to become an ever-more robust and significant field within information ethics, on the one hand, and research ethics more broadly, on the other. As new venues emerge for human–human and human–machine interaction, it seems certain that new ethical conundrums will emerge. But the overall history of Internet research ethics includes at least some convergence on key values and rights, while at the same time preserving important local differences with regard to approaches to ethical decision making and implementation of basic rights and principles – even across East–West divides. This trajectory suggests not the certainty of finding resolutions to every ethical problem that comes along, but rather the sense of finding such resolutions in the face of new difficulties, with sufficient frequency and success to encourage further efforts to do so.

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