Conducting Research in Online Communities

Educational Resource
Author:Anonymous
Abstract:

When a sociologist and his graduate student are doing research on an online community, they debate whether they need informed consent from community members and if they should announce their intentions to study interactions online to participants in the forum.

Keywords:
Confidentiality, Ethics and Society, Human Subjects Research, Informed Consent, Institutional Review Boards, Privacy and Surveillance, Research and Practice, Vulnerable Populations
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Online Ethics Center
Published Date:
2016
Related Links:
  • https://onlineethics.org/cases/graduate-research-ethics-cases-and-commentaries-volume-7-2006/conducting-research-online
    • Notes:

    Case Study / Scenario

    Persistent Link:
    https://doi.org/10.18130/p6gq-ya73