[Air-L] Ethics in studying reddit postings

[Nazanin Andalibi]

Hello,

Here <https://media.wix.com/ugd/63b293_f970ee3febb94d27b177706639f6ed2f.pdf> is
a paper of mine looking at abuse-related subreddits. There is a section on
ethics in the paper which summarizes our approach. Hope this helps.

Nazanin Andalibi
PhD Candidate, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University
http://www.nazaninandalibi.net/

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:45 PM, <benallenmorton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dr. Glass,
>
> This seems like a very interesting study. You should take a look at Ansari
> and Kleinenberg's "Modern Romance." They use Reddit threads as part of
> their research on digital media and romantic relationships.
>
> Good Weather,
> Ben Morton
>
> > On Feb 21, 2017, at 7:29 AM, Glass, Grace <GGlass at APUS.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all-
> >
> > I'm designing a study of the self-improvement discourse on reddit, and
> how it's mediated by gender. User Posts will be central to the study, but I
> wanted to get your thoughts on how to handle the ethical piece.
> Conventional informed consent would not be possible due to the anonymity of
> the usernames/platform. Thoughts?
> >
> > Dr. Grace Glass
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Nazanin Andalibi
PhD Candidate, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University
http://www.nazaninandalibi.net/