Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities

By Gunther Eysenbach, J. Till. British medical journal, 2001

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Ethical Issues in Conducting Qualitative Research in Online Communities (2015, background): “Eysenbach and Till (2001) analysed newsgroup comments in response to research requests, identifying concerns relating to researcher unfamiliarity with the online contexts studied, or resentment when the research is conducted by an existing member of the group. However, not all community members may ”
Narratives Published on the Internet by Parents of Children With Autism (2004, background): “In general, use of Internet content for research purposes is permitted, if the Web site is considered to be in the public domain (Eysenbach & Till, 2001).”
The internet as psychological laboratory. (2006, background): “F or p er so na l u se o nl y. 542 SKITKA SARGIS Informed Consent Norms about how to conduct ethical research on the Web are still emerging, including whether it is necessary to collect informed consent to use materials posted on Web sites (e.g., King 1996, Eysenbach & Till 2001).”
E-mail interviewing in qualitative research: A methodological discussion (2006, neutral): “Methodological Studies In the earliest study Foster (1994) used e-mail for conducting qualitative interviews with subscribers to a listserv.”
A review of research ethics in internet-based research (2012, background): “Eysenbach and Till (2001) also state that the perception of privacy very much depends on a particular group’s protocols and privacy boundaries, target audience and aims, which vary greatly from group to group.”
A Case for Using Online Discussion Forums in Critical Psychological Research (2015, background): “…that using pre-existing online interactions from discussion forums without the informed consent of authors may be considered a violation of privacy (Eysenbach & Till 2001; King 1996) and that even texts that are publically accessible may be perceived as private by users of the forum (Elgesem 2002).”
Sexual Violence Is #NotOkay: Social Reactions to Disclosures of Sexual Victimization on Twitter (2019, methodology): “The research team followed Eysenbach and Till (2001) and Whitehead’s (2007) guidelines for the ethical Internet-based research.”
The Use of Online Methodologies in Data Collection for Gambling and Gaming Addictions (2009, methodology): “based research approach has been described as both passive (Eysenbach and Till 2001) and unobtrusive (Paccagnella 2006).”
Online Interviewing in Psychology: Reflections on the Process (2011, methodology): “Ethical Issues As Eysenbach and Till (2001) advise, informed consent was obtained prior to interviews via email in the form of an attached document.”
Using the Internet for Surveys and Health Research (2002, background): “Examples of these three types of qualitative research on the Internet are available elsewhere [1].”
Psychological research online: report of Board of Scientific Affairs' Advisory Group on the Conduct of Research on the Internet. (2004, background): “King (1996) quoted a member of an online support group who wrote that she was not going to participate actively because of a researcher’ s presence in the group: “ When I joined this I thought it would be a *support* group, not a fishbowl for a bunch of guinea pigs” (p. 122; see Eysenbach & Till, 2”
‘STORMFRONT IS LIKE A SECOND HOME TO ME’ (2008, background): “Some argue that messages posted on an Internet forum are ‘public acts deliberately intended for public consumption’ (Paccagnella 1997), whereas others find it difficult to determine whether communications on online forums are to be regarded as private or public (see Eysenbach & Till 2001).”
The Impact of the Internet on Cancer Outcomes (2003, background): “Such research may elicit a wealth of valuable data that may inform priorities for research, health communication, and education.(61)”
Facebook Infidelity: When Poking Becomes Problematic (2013, methodology): “For example, this study used passive analysis, in that data collection did not include any contact or interaction between researcher and online members (Eysenbach and Till 2001).”