[Air-L] avatar research ethics

[Marj Kibby]

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
>>> Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> 03/08/08 4:26 AM >>>
The question was.... "When I take pictures of any random person using  
a building in sl, am I doing human subjects research?'


Our Review Board guidelines say that online identities must be afforded the same protection from harm as real world identities. They would see avatars as human subjects.


Marj