[Air-L] youth and online recruitment and interviews

[Katy Culver]

I'm not sure if he's on this list, but I saw Joshua Fairchild deliver an excellent talk on this topic (and human subject experimentation in virtual spaces) at the International Symposium for Digital Ethics. 

You might see whether he has suggestions for you. http://law.wlu.edu/faculty/profiledetail.asp?id=242

tnx,
kc

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Katy Culver
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Associate Director
Center for Journalism Ethics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 6:47 PM, "Janet Salmons, Ph.D." <jesalmons at gmail.com> wrote:

> Erica,
> 
> This is an important topic and your study could make a real
> contribution. But...I know that my institution's IRB would not approve
> the study as you have described it. If you are interviewing youth
> under 18, parents must consent. I am curious about why you think
> parents would not give consent? Personally, I think parents want to
> protect their kids from bullying and their perspectives might be an
> interesting complement to the youth interviews and add more depth to
> your study.
> 
> A suggestion: you might want to stick with one social media site, to
> simplify your process. You will also need to make sure that your study
> does not violate the user parameters of the community-- for recruiting
> or for collecting data..
> 
> This site may be of interest: http://www.ncjj.org/irb/index.asp
> 
> Also, you might find chapters in Cases in Online Interview Research
> (2012) of interest.
> - Chapter 3. Case: Stranger in a Strange Land: The Challenges and
> Benefits of Online Interviews in the Social Networking Space Allison
> Deegan
> Allison discusses issues and challenges of a study that involved
> interviews conducted in Facebook using chat, with young (but over age
> 18) participants.
> 
> - Chapter 4. Case: Interviewing in Virtual Worlds: An Application of
> Best Practices	Jonathan Cabiria
> Jon was able to convince his IRB to allow (adult) participants'
> avatars to "sign" the informed consent, in a study about LGBT
> experiences in virtual worlds as compared to "real" worlds. He offers
> his insights into finer points of protection of digital
> representations of human subjects.
> 
> (The book is on Amazon, print or Kindle, as well as other booksellers.)
> 
> I'f be happy to chat with you if you want to contact me off list.
> 
> All the best,
> Janet
> 
> Janet Salmons Ph.D.
> Core Faculty, Capella University School of Business Doctoral Program
> and Vision2Lead, Inc.
> Site- http://www.vision2lead.com
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> Cases in Online Interview Research
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