Issues of Ethics and Methods in Studying Social Media

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

Media and Communication, 2016, vol. 4, issue 4, 63-65

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v4i4.793

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