RETHINKING RESEARCH ETHICS FOR MEDIATED SETTINGS

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-42

  Beaulieu, Anne ^a   Estalella, Adolfo ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

accountability; e research; ethics; IRB; privacy; research relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856094270     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.535838     Document Type: Article

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