Researching internet communities: Proposed ethical guidelines for the reporting of results

Information Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-128

  King, Storm A ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Ethics; Internet Communities; Online Research; Participant Observation; Research Methods; Social Interaction; Virtual Communities; Virtual Support Groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030503177     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713856145     Document Type: Article

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