12. Pace of Technological Change: Battling Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research

Waruszynski, Barbara

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“…In the early 2000s, qualitative researchers began to realize the utility of internetbased data for research and the ethical questions it poses (Kitchin, 2002;Waruszynski, 2002). Kitchin argued that ethical standards of traditional research do not apply to what is found in ''cyberspace.…”

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“…Therefore, online material should be exempted from the Canadian institutional review board approval process for three reasons: online research poses minimal risk, online text is in the public domain, and a person who posts online in such conditions is not necessarily a ''human subject'' but rather a ''cyber person'' (Kitchin, 2002: 170-171). On the contrary, in an essay on the implications of using the internet to conduct qualitative research, Waruszynski (2002) argues that individual researchers should make their presence known and ask permission of those they study. We would contend that this proves nearly impossible in the asynchronous setting of archived internet posts.…”

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Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example

Caplan

Purser

2017

Qualitative Social Work

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Social media is a rapidly expanding set of technology tools that people use to communicate, learn, interact, document, create, and participate in societies worldwide. It is also transforming how social work, among other professions, conducts qualitative research. This study outlines a field-tested method used to analyze data from Reddit, a major social media platform used by 6% of online adults in the United States. It provides a step-by-step account of a Reddit-based qualitative thematic analysis from a social work heuristic lens on the subject of poverty. To our knowledge, no such account of mining social media big data from Reddit for social work practice exists in the literature. Philosophical, ethical, and practical considerations of this method are discussed.

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Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example

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Purser

2017

Qualitative Social Work

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“…In contrast to this position, others (e.g., Bakardjieva & Feenberg, 2000; Waruszynski, 2002) have argued for ethical guidelines to protect participants and researchers in these public spaces on the Net. As noted earlier, when a researcher is observing people in public spaces, those being observed can see the researcher.…”

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Ethical Issues in Qualitative E-Learning Research

Anderson

2007

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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In the mid 1980s education researchers began exploring the use of the Internet within teaching and learning practices, now commonly referred to as e-learning. At the same time, many elearning researchers were discovering that the application of existing ethical guidelines for qualitative research was resulting in confusion and uncertainty among both researchers and ethics review board members. Two decades later we continue to be plagued by these same ethical issues. On reflection on our research practices and examination of the literature on ethical issues relating to qualitative Internet-and Web-based research, the authors conclude that there are three main areas of confusion and uncertainty among researchers in the field of e-learning: (a) participant consent, (b) public versus private ownership, and (c) confidentiality and anonymity.

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Ethics and the Practice of Qualitative Research

Shaw

2008

Qualitative Social Work

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This article stems from a concern that relying only on codes of research ethics risks compartmentalizing ethical aspects of research, and shutting them off into a preamble to research. I explore ways in which the practice of qualitative research ethics is presented afresh — and contextualized in distinct forms — at every stage of research. I develop three linked arguments. First, the ethics of qualitative research design pose distinctive demands on principles of informed consent, confidentiality and privacy, social justice, and practitioner research. I focus on consent — for its topicality, not because it is more important or difficult — and social justice. Second, fieldwork ethics raise special considerations regarding power, reciprocity and contextual relevance. Third, ethical issues raised by the analysis and uses of qualitative inquiry evoke illustrative questions regarding the ethics of narrative research and the utilization of research.

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12. Pace of Technological Change: Battling Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research

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Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example

Qualitative inquiry using social media: A field-tested example

Ethical Issues in Qualitative E-Learning Research

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