Ethical issues in a study of internet use: Uncertainty, responsibility, and the spirit of research relationships

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-151

  Bier, Melinda C ^a,c   Sherblom, Stephen A ^b   Gallo, Michael A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c Science Education Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COMPUTER; COMPUTER NETWORK; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PERSONNEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; INTERNET;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; DISCLOSURE; EDUCATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0030371333     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327019eb0602_5     Document Type: Article

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