Issues of Ethics and Methods in Studying Social Media

Niina Sormanen; Epp Lauk

doi:10.17645/mac.v4i4.793

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Issues of Ethics and Methods in Studying Social Media

Niina Sormanen Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Epp Lauk Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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Abstract: The Editorial raises some challenging ethical and methodological aspects of Internet based research (such as protection of informational privacy, informed consent, general ethical guidelines vs case-based approach), which are further discussed in the five articles of this special issue.

Keywords: ethics; Facebook; Internet based research; participation; social media

Published: 10 October 2016

Issue: Vol 4, No 4 (2016): Successes and Failures in Studying Social Media: Issues of Methods and Ethics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.793

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Media and Communication

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ISSN: 2183-2439

Issues of Ethics and Methods in Studying Social Media