Too Much Information: Visual Research Ethics in the Age of Wearable Cameras

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-322

  Mok, Tze Ming ^a   Cornish, Flora ^a   Tarr, Jen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital research; Ethics; Privacy; Research governance; Ubiquitous computing; Visual ethics; Wearable cameras

Indexed keywords

ANONYMIZATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PRIVACY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; VIDEORECORDING;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANONYMIZATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIVACY; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84940756961     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-014-9289-8     Document Type: Article

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