Annual
Meeting
American
Sociological Association
John
M. Kennedy
Center
for Survey Research
812
855 2573
kennedyj <at> indiana.edu
Perhaps
the most difficult part of understanding the ethical dimensions of internet
research is determining who or what we are researching.
Human
subject means a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research
obtains: (1) Data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or
(2) identifiable private information. (45CFR46)
Powerpoint
Slides from the Workshop
Applied Ethics in
Internet Research.
Edited by
Papers
from a Workshop
on Internet Research Ethics. A good resource with many articles relevant to
the topic. Highly recommended.
AAAS
Conference on Internet Research Ethics – a little dated but covers the
topics well.
Many
articles on internet research ethics can be found on the web but they are often
very similar. Some selected articles that present the issues.
Behaviour
in Public? : Ethics in Online Ethnography. Allison Cavanagh. Cybyersociology;
Issue Six: Research Methodology Online
Information
in practice: ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities.
Gunther Eysenbach
and James
E Till. BMJ 2001;323:1103-1105
Research
Ethics: Internet-Based Research. Part 1: On-Line Survey Research. Jim Till
Formal Ethics Resources.
The National Committee for Research Ethics in the
Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH)
in
European
Union Data Privacy Rules - important for understanding international data
collection
Association
of Internet Researchers Ethics Recommendations
Code
of federal regulations regarding human subjects and institutional review boards
NSF has a FAQ
on ethical procedures in social science research - not quite on topic but a good
read with an interesting perspective.
Some
technical issues
For more detailed notes from the workshop, please contact John Kennedy.