[Air-L] research regs.

[Marj Kibby]

I thought we were discussing textual analysis (of online texts) not
ethnography.

If I am analysing a public forum/blog/wiki,facebook site in which I do
not intervene then no ethics clearance is necessary. It is a published
document.

If I question or comment in the forum only then does it become human
subject research - I am intervening in their lives - but it would still
qualify for expedited clearance as low-risk, being public.

Marj





Dr Marjorie Kibby, 
Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture
Faculty of Education and Arts
The University of Newcastle,  Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
Marj.Kibby at newcastle.edu.au
+61 2 49216604
>>> Ed Lamoureux <ell at bumail.bradley.edu> 08/12/07 12:35 PM >>>
I think this is an IRB that pretty clearly understands, via  
experience, ethnographic methods.