RESEARCH ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH ONLINE

SETTING FOR THE CHALLENGES

• Ethnographic research online
• Protect individual and research
• Research ethical principles

ANONYMOUS FORUMS

• Free and informed consent
• Deception research
• Forskningskravet

Research ethical challenge 1: Is deception research an ethically defendable approach for research on anonymous forums?

PROTECTION AND CREDIBILITY

Research ethical challenge 2: How to balance the protection of the research subject with their right to get cred for their work?

PRIVATE-PUBLIC AND A COLLAPSED CONTEXT

Research ethichal challenge 3: How can the free and informed consent be a process to protect research subjects over time in a blurred online context?

LOCKED FACEBBOK-GROUPS

• The distinct context
• Access and role of researcher
• Forskningskravet

Research ethical challenge 4: Is it ethically defendable to do reseach on locked and very private facebook groups without taking part yourself?