Readings in virtual research ethics : issues and controversies / Elizabeth A. Buchanan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchanan, Elizabeth A., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Internet research.

Internet--Social aspects--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Internet.

Cyberspace--Social aspects--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Cyberspace.

Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Research.

Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Information technology.

Cyberspace--Social aspects.

Internet--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiii, 362 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Information Science Pub., [2004]

Summary:

In higher education, institutional review boards are struggling to understand the new language of research protocols, new means of data collection and emerging ethical challenges surrounding the protection of human subjects. Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies focuses on the challenges facing researchers as they redefine the parameters of acceptable research practices. Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies provides an in-depth look at the emerging field of online research and the corresponding ethical dilemmas associated with it. Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies offers readers a strong cross-disciplinary look at such issues as informed consent, anonymity, subject selection, privacy, research relationships to subjects, public and private space online, among others through the various chapters. Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies provides readers with knowledge on how to conduct virtual research by studying cases and discussions of various types of research, from surveys to ethnographies, to interviews. Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies includes multi-disciplinary and international approaches to online research ethics through such fields as psychology, business, women's studies, English, education, communications, organizational management, in countries such as Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, England, Sweden, and the US.

Contents:

Virtual research ethics : a content analysis of surveys and experiments online / Blaine F. Peden and Douglas P. Flashinski

Ethical decision making and Internet research : recommendations from the AoIR Ethics Working Committee / Charles Ess, Steve Jones

Ethics in Internet ethnography / Malin Sveningsson

Conducting congruent, ethical qualitative research in Internet-mediated research environments / Mechthild Maczewski, Margaret-Anne Storey, and Marie Hoskins

Blurring the boundaries : ethical considerations for online research using synchronous CMC forums / Danielle Lawson

When the ethic is functional to the method : the case of e-mail qualitative interviews / Nadia Olivero and Peter Lunt

The ethics of conducting e-mail surveys / Sandeep Krishnamurthy

Organizational research over the Internet : ethical challenges and opportunities / W. Benjamin Porr and Robert E. Ployhart

Conducting ethical research online : respect for individuals, identities, and the ownership of words / Lynne Roberts, Leigh Smith, and Clare Pollock

Ethics and engagement in communication scholarship : analyzing public online support groups as researcher/participant-experiencer / Mary Walstrom

Peering into online bedroom windows : considering the ethical implications of investigating Internet relationships and sexuality / Monica Whitty

Co-construction and field creation : Web site development as both an instrument and relationship in action research / Maximillan C. Forte

What if you meet face to face? : a case study in virtual/material research ethics / David Clark

Fact or fiction : notes of a man interviewing women online / Michael D. Ayers

Studying adolescents online : a consideration of ethical issues / Susannah Stern

Virtual youth research : an exploration of methodologies and ethical dilemmas from a British perspective / Magdalena Bober

International digital studies : a research approach for examining international online interactions / Kirk St. Amant

User-centered Internet research : the ethical challenge / Maria Bakardjieva, Andrew Feenberg, Janis Goldie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591401526

1591401534

OCLC:

52595187