Chris James Carter
Understanding academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges posed by social media research
Carter, Chris James; Koene, Ansgar; Perez, Elvira; Statache, Ramona; Adolphs, Svenja; O'Malley, Claire; Rodden, Tom; McAuley, Derek
Authors
Ansgar Koene
Elvira Perez
Ramona Statache
Svenja Adolphs
Professor Claire Omalley claire.omalley@durham.ac.uk
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global)
Tom Rodden
Derek McAuley
Abstract
In this paper, we outline an online survey-based study seeking to understand academic attitudes towards social media research ethics (SMRE). As the exploratory phase of a wider research project, findings are discussed in relation to the responses of 30 participants, spanning multiple faculties and locations at one international university. The paper presents an empirical measure of attitudes towards social media research ethics, reflecting core issues outlined throughout the nascent Internet-mediated research (IMR) literature, in addition to survey questions relating to familiarity with SMRE guidance, and experience of reviewing SMRE proposals from students and/or as part of the university's research ethics committees (RECs). Findings indicate notable variance in academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges of social media research, reflecting the complexity of decision-making within this context and further emphasising the need to understand influencing factors. Future directions are discussed in relation to the tentative findings presented by the current study.
Citation
Carter, C. J., Koene, A., Perez, E., Statache, R., Adolphs, S., O'Malley, C., …McAuley, D. (2015). Understanding academic attitudes towards the ethical challenges posed by social media research. ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 45(3), 202-210. https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874268
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jan 5, 2016 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Mar 14, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 14, 2018 |
Journal | ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society |
Print ISSN | 0095-2737 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 202-210 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874268 |
Related Public URLs | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49980/ |
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© Copyright is held by the author/owner(s) 2015. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society - Special Issue on Ethicomp, Volume 45 Issue 3, September 2015, https://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874268
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