[Air-L] Ethics in studying reddit postings

[Glass, Grace]

Thank you, Ben!

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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?
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> Dr. Grace Glass
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