dc.contributor.author | Felzmann, Heike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-22T17:59:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-22T17:59:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Heike Felzmann (2013) 'Ethical Issues in Internet Research: International Good Practice and Irish Research Ethics Documents' In: Cathy Fowley; Claire English; Sylvie Thouësny (Eds.). Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland. Dublin : Research-publishing.net. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3844 | |
dc.description.abstract | This chapter discusses the main research ethical concerns that arise
in internet research and reviews existing research ethical guidance
in the Irish context in relation to its application to internet research.
The chapter begins with a brief outline of high profile cases in the early
history of the internet that highlighted specific emerging ethical concerns
regarding the new medium and the first development of ethical guidance
in this context. Important research ethical concerns in internet research are
then presented. These include: (i) understanding the specific relationship
between researchers, participants and the online materials, and the ethical
significance of contributors' potential lack of awareness of research
conducted on their online interactions, (ii) clarifying privacy expectations
and ethical requirements regarding the access to and use of online materials,
(iii) implementing ethically appropriate consent processes in the online
medium, (iv) doing justice to confidentiality, anonymity and data protection
requirements and (v) clarifying vulnerability of participants, and potential
risks and benefits arising from research participation. In the final part of the
chapter existing Irish research ethical guidance documents are reviewed in
relation to the relevance of their guidance for the conduct of internet research. | en_US |
dc.format | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Research-publishing.net | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Internet research ethics | en_US |
dc.subject | Privacy | en_US |
dc.subject | Informed consent | en_US |
dc.subject | Vulnerability | en_US |
dc.subject | Confidentiality | en_US |
dc.subject | Ireland | en_US |
dc.title | Ethical Issues in Internet Research: International Good Practice and Irish Research Ethics Documents | en_US |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2013-10-24T12:44:16Z | |
dc.local.publishedsource | http://research-publishing.net/publication/chapters/978-1-908416-08-7/Felzmann_80.pdf | en_US |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | Not peer reviewed | |
dc.contributor.funder | |~| | |
dc.internal.rssid | 5373180 | |
dc.local.contact | Heike Schmidt-Felzmann, Dept. Of Philosophy & Cobra, Morrisroe House, 19 Distillery Road, Galway. 5043 Email: heike.felzmann@nuigalway.ie | |
dc.local.copyrightchecked | Yes | |
dc.local.version | PUBLISHED | |
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