[Air-l] ethical issues in chat room research

[reuven shlozberg]

here's another response. Ess is a really big name within Internet
studies. the site he's referring to is, i'm guessing, aoir.org. 

reuven


On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:34:22 +0200, "Charles Ess" <cmess at drury.edu>
said:
> I will be happy - when I return to the States on Monday - to go over this
> in
> detail -
> but on first glance, most, if not all of these questions are explicitly
> addressed in the AoIR guidelines, so it may not be out of place to
> suggest
> that your colleague have a look at those as a start.
> 
> apologies for the hurry - I'm literally running out the door for the
> airport...
> 
> -- charles 
> > 
> > a friend and fellow PhD, Tutku Aydin, has asked to pass this question to
> > you. if you have responses for her could you send them directly to
> > tutku.aydin at utoronto.ca.
> > 
> > In particular, if any of Barry's students have had to deal with these
> > issues in the context of UofT's "ethics review" requirement, i assume
> > that'd be particularly helpful for her.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > reuven
> > 
> > <begin pasted section>
> > 
> > My research involves transnational ethnic identity formation through the
> > discursive interactions over the internet.
> > 
> > What is the standard related to quoting people in a
> > chatroom or in a discussion list on the internet? When you become a
> > member of
> > the list should you identify yourself as an observer of the list? Should
> > you
> > ask for informed consent of the people with a letter if you are quoting,
> > or
> > paraphrasing people? Or are these chat or discussion environments are
> > considered public billboards and people should be aware that they can be
> > quoted when writing to those places? Is it ok to quote people or
> > paraphrase
> > people by using (double)pseudonyms so that they cannot be easily
> > identifiable? 
> > 
> > <end pasted section>
> > 
> > Reuven Shlozberg
> > Political Science
> > University of Toronto
> 
> 
> Charles Ess
> 
> Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
> Drury University
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> 
> Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes
> Norwegian University of Science and Technology
> NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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> 
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> 
> 
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