Paper Info
Title
Ethics for Studying Online Sociotechnical Systems in a Big Data World
Abstract
The evolution of social technology and research methods present ongoing challenges to studying people online. Recent high-profile cases have prompted discussion among both the research community and the general public about the ethical implications of researching humans, their information, and their activities in large-scale digital contexts. Examples of scientific and market research involving Facebook users and OKCupid clients exemplify the ethical complexities of both studying and manipulating online user behavior. When does data science become human subjects research, and what are our obligations to these subjects as researchers' Drawing from previous work around the ethics of digital research, one goal of this workshop is to work towards a set of guiding principles for CSCW scholars doing research online.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2685553.2685558
CSCW Companion
Keywords
Field
DocType
research ethics,online communities,big data,sociotechnical systems,ethics
Research ethics,Social technology,Political science,Computer-supported cooperative work,Engineering ethics,Guiding Principles,Sociotechnical system,Big data,Market research
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.77
5
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Casey Fiesler119032.32
Alyson Leigh Young2141.14
Tamara Peyton3566.47
Amy Bruckman41500182.36
Mary L. Gray5171.97
Jeffrey T. Hancock61242106.09
Wayne G. Lutters752346.98