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Ethics in Social Media Research - Coggle Diagram
Ethics in Social Media Research
What type of data?
User's privacy setting: public or private
Retrievability of data from search engines
How is the data acessed?
Obtain consent when feasible (Fuchs 2018)
Agile Ethics (Neuhaus and Webmoor 2012), as opposed to a formal list of procedures and protocols (Allen's 1996 ‘dialogic’ ethics), for for massified research and visualization. [
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Who is the researcher? (Positionality / Insider-Outsider)
Reflexivity
to identify and respond to ethical issues as they arise (Guillemin and Gillam, 2004)
Embedded ethics
(Whiteman, 2012) - acting based on context and research settings
Whose data is being analyzed? Vulnerability of participants
Avoiding the use of personal information (quotes, photos) that can be re-identified
Involve
participants as collaborators
to convey their views
Consider platform specific policies as
data anonymization may not
always be
permitted
What is the topic? Sensitivity of the data
Must weigh the benefits and risks associated with the study
What data is accessed?
SM users may be uncomfortable with their communication network, friends list or photos being studied (Gruzd et al., 2018)
How is the data being used?
Aggregated data
- to protect user anonymity (Ayers et al., 2018; Neuhaus and Webmoor, 2012)
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Direct quoting
' - seek consent and review platform's policty. (Fiesler and Proferes, 2018)
Image obscuring practices - (Autenrieth, 2018; Suphan, 2018)
Use images with consent (Williams et al., 2017a).