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Young People with Intellectual Disability and the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities in Qualitative Research
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Borgström, Åsa – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Conducting qualitative research on young people with intellectual disability and the Internet poses methodological challenges as well as opportunities. Based on memos from a qualitative study, this article focuses on identified gaps related to the challenges of informed consent, access to Internet arenas and using stimulus materials.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Informed Consent, Internet, Researchers
Acceptance of the Automated Online Collection of Geographical Information
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Felderer, Barbara; Blom, Annelies G. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
The ease at which online paradata can be captured in web surveys seems to increase social researchers' desire to collect such data. Yet little attention is paid to whether respondents actually approve of their collection. This article, therefore, studies online survey respondents' acceptance of automatically collecting their geographical…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Online Surveys, Geographic Location, Individual Characteristics
Everything Old Is New Again: The Ethics of Digital Inquiry and Its Design
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Charles Melvin Ess; Ylva Hård af Segerstad – New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction, 2019
We briefly review the emergence of internet research ethics (IRE) since 2000 across three stages, showing how the last, IRE 3.0, focuses on ethical challenges and issues evoked by Big Data. We explore specific examples of IRE 3.0 as occasioned by requirements for informed consent -- including Big Data analyses of a closed Facebook group -- as…
Descriptors: Ethics, Barriers, Internet, Research Methodology
Observations Online: Finding the Ethical Boundaries of Facebook Research
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Willis, Roxana – Research Ethics, 2019
Informed consent may be unobtainable in online contexts. This article examines the difficulties of obtaining informed consent online through a Facebook case study. It is proposed that there are at least two ways informed consent could be waived in research: first, if the data are public, and second, if the data are textual. Accordingly, the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Social Science Research, Social Media, Informed Consent
'Google Wants to Know Your Location': The Ethical Challenges of Fieldwork in the Digital Age
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van Baalen, Sebastian – Research Ethics, 2018
Information communications technologies (ICTs) like laptops, smartphones and portable storage devices facilitate travel, communication and documentation for researchers who conduct fieldwork. But despite increasing awareness about the ethical complications associated with using ICTs among journalists and humanitarians, there are few reflections on…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Internet, Ethics, Information Security
Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School--The Eighteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends, 2014-2015
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Boninger, Faith; Molnar, Alex – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2016
Digital technologies used by marketers continue to evolve. Sophisticated and personalized, they help ensure that today's children and adolescents are constantly connected and available to advertisers wherever they may roam. Moreover, because digital technologies enable extensive personalization, they amplify opportunities for marketers to take…
Descriptors: Privacy, Information Security, Student Records, Data Collection