Ethical use of social media to facilitate qualitative research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-109

  Lunnay, Belinda ^a   Borlagdan, Joseph ^b   McNaughton, Darlene ^a   Ward, Paul ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol alcoholism; ethics moral perspectives; Internet; sociology; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNDERAGE DRINKING;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; UNDERAGE DRINKING;

EID: 84918816840     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314549031     Document Type: Article

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