Silences of ethical practice: Dilemmas for researchers using social media

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 546-560

  Henderson, Michael ^a   Johnson, Nicola F ^a   Auld, Glenn ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; research ethics; risk; social media; social networking; traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880328123     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2013.805656     Document Type: Article

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