[Air-L] AoIR Ethics Working Group 3.0 - suggestion for consideration

[Karen Davies]

Whilst addressing the process of securing participant consent for my study that investigates language use in health discussion fora (anxiety disorders) the following concept became apparent:
I suggest that the
importance of utilising forum moderators’ knowledge and experience should not
be underestimated; their understandings of group expectancies and constraints
around group norms, constituted in the gatekeeper’s role, help to facilitate a
richer and more contextually informed research ethics, which ultimately best
serves the participants within a researcher’s care.
Karen Davies
PhD student - Lancaster University