[Air-L] Ethics in online virtual worlds

[mhward]

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but my study involved setting up blogs for
a group of PhD candidates at my own university for me to collect data on
their PhD process. I was told to email them a copy of the information sheet
that had been approved by the ethics committee. Their emailed replies to me,
agreeing to the conditions therein, was sufficient consent to allow their
participation.

M-H


On 1/8/07 9:11 AM, "Kevin Sherman" <kevin.sherman at aut.ac.nz> wrote:

> I will be interviewing and observing avatars within Second Life as
> research for my phd.  I have been asked by my ethics board to obtain
> hard copy signature consent from my participants rather than online
> digital consent.  Can anyone direct me to literature pertaining to the
> practicalities of informed consent in online virtual worlds (mmogs,
> mmorpgs, second life, etc..) or discuss their own experience with this?
> 
> Thank you,
> Kevin
>