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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade ReviewSocial science researchers from the UK and Australia provide 10 chapters on the ethical aspects of internet-mediated and social media research. They address ethical challenges of specific research issues, social media platforms, or approaches, particularly the organized ethics review process; users’ views of ethics in social media research; the roles of researchers and participants; Twitter as a data source; informed consent; the use of Tinder; publishing and sharing social media research data; an ethics framework for working with social media data; and recommendations for improving ethical standards. The volume originated in the formation of an online community of practice called “New Social Media, New Social Science?” in 2011. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Ethics of Online Research; Kandy Woodfield and Ron Iphofen 1. The Ethical Disruptions of Social Media Data: Tales from the Field; Susan Halford 2. Users’ View of Ethics in Social Media Research: Informed Consent, Anonymity and Harm; Matthew L. Williams, Pete Burnap, Luke Sloan, Curtis Jessop and Hayley Lepps 3. The Changing Roles of Researchers and Participants in Digital and Social Media Research: Ethics Challenges and Forward Directions; Sarah Quinton and Nina Reynolds 4. Using Twitter as a Data Source: An Overview of Ethical, Legal and Methodological Challenges; Wasim Ahmed, Peter A. Bath, Gianluca Demartini 5. Getting to Yes: Informed Consent in Qualitative Social Media Research; Janet Salmons 6. The Trouble with Tinder: The Ethical Complexities of Researching Location-Aware Social Discovery Apps; Jenna Condie, Garth Lean and Brittany Wilcockson 7. Ethical Challenges of Publishing and Sharing Social Media Research Data; Libby Bishop and Daniel Gray 8. The Ethics of Using Social Media Data in Research: A New Framework; Leanne Townsend and Claire Wallace 9. Where Next for #SocialEthics?; Steven Ginnis Conclusion: Guiding the Ethics of Online Social Media Research - Adaptation or Renovation?; Ron Iphofen
