Ash, James and Kitchin, Rob and Agnieszka, Leszczynski (2024) Research Ethics in Researching Digital Life. In: Researching Digital Life: Orientations, Methods and Practice. Sage, London, pp. 47-67. ISBN 978-1-5296-0165-7

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Abstract

This chapter examines in relation to researching digital life: • the central principles of research ethics; • ethics frameworks and a situational and reflexive approach to research ethics; • researching vulnerable communities and sensitive issues, and power relations in research; • the ethics of using ‘found data’ produced by others; and • ethical considerations in producing data using digital media.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	research ethics; digital society; digital technologies; privacy; consent; institutional review boards; scraped data; lurking; data sharing; vulnerable communities;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI
Item ID:	18774
Depositing User:	Prof. Rob Kitchin
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2024 14:39
Publisher:	Sage
Refereed:	No
Funders:	European Research Council, grant no. 101052998
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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