Using empirical data to reason about Internet research ethics

ECSCW 2005 - Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 287-306

  Hudson, James M ^a   Bruckman, Amy ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

ETHICAL DILEMMA; ETHICAL QUESTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; INTERNET RESEARCH; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; PRIVACY CONFLICTS; RESEARCH ETHICS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84860381498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4023-7_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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