Fabrication as ethical practice: Qualitative inquiry in ambiguous Internet contexts

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 334-353

  Markham, Annette ^a  

^a Independent Researcher   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; Internet; privacy; research methodology; social media; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859510122     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.641993     Document Type: Article

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