[Air-L] dark web recruitment

[Alex Leavitt]

I'd reach out to Whitney Phillips who is an expert in engaging with these
communities.

Alex

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Alex Leavitt
Facebook Research

On Oct 16, 2017 3:49 PM, "Katherine Lo" <kmlo at uci.edu> wrote:

> I don’t think 8chan will be your best bet necessarily since the dark web
> is a large domain that 8chan isn’t necessarily representative of..
>
> On a related note, before you embark on an interview study in this domain,
> do you have robust security set up for yourself and a way to encrypt the
> correspondence with your interview subjects?
>
> Kat
>
> > On Oct 16, 2017, at 3:39 PM, Alex Lambert <alex.lambert at monash.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear AOIR colleagues
> >
> > I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies
> that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot
> research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview
> participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total
> loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online
> interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am
> concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much
> appreciated.
> >
> > All the best
> > Alex
> >
> > ----------------------------------
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> > Monash University
> > School of Media, Film and Journalism
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