Developing a geographers' agenda for online research ethics

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 654-674

  Madge, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Debriefing; Informed consent; Netiquette; Online research ethics; Privacy; Research governance

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNET; RESEARCH;

EID: 36049019696     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132507081496     Document Type: Article

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