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Title The ethics of online research / volume editor, Kandy Woodfield (Samaritans, UK)
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 247 pages) : illustrations
Series Advances in research ethics and integrity, 2398-6018 ; volume 2
Advances in research ethics and integrity ; v. 2.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Ethical Disruptions Of Social Media Data: Tales From The Field / Susan Halford -- 2. Users' Views Of Ethics In Social Media Research: Informed Consent, Anonymity, And Harm / Hayley Lepps -- 3. Changing Roles Of Researchers And Participants In Digital And Social Media Research: Ethics Challenges And Forward Directions / Nina Reynolds -- 4. Using Twitter As A Data Source: An Overview Of Ethical, Legal, And Methodological Challenges / Gianluca Demartini -- 5. Getting To Yes: Informed Consent In Qualitative Social Media Research / Janet Salmons -- 6. Trouble With Tinder: The Ethical Complexities Of Researching Location-Aware Social Discovery Apps / Brittany Wilcockson -- 7. Ethical Challenges Of Publishing And Sharing Social Media Research Data / Daniel Gray -- 8. Ethics Of Using Social Media Data In Research: A New Framework / Claire Wallace -- 9. Where Next For #Socialethics? / Steven Ginnis -- 10. Conclusion: Guiding The Ethics Of Online Social Media Research -- Adaptation Or Renovation? / Ron Iphofen
Summary This volume focuses on the ethics of internet and social networking research exploring the challenges faced by researchers making use of social media and big data in their research. The internet, the world wide web and social media - indeed all forms of online communications - are attractive fields of research across a range of disciplines. They offer opportunities for methodological initiatives and innovations in research and easily accessed, massive amounts of primary and secondary data sources. This collection examines the new challenges posed by data generated online, explores how researchers are addressing those ethical challenges, and provides rich case studies of ethical decision making in the digital age
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Internet research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Social media -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Online social networks -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Social sciences -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
Social sciences -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Woodfield, Kandy, editor.
ISBN 9781787144859
1787144852