We aren't all going to be on the same page about ethics: ethical practices and challenges in research on digital and social media

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2016-March, Issue , 2016, Pages 1909-1918

  Shilton, Katie ^a   Sayles, Sheridan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet research; Research ethics; Social media

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DATA POINTS; ETHICAL PRACTICES; INTERNET RESEARCH; ONLINE DATA; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84975486643     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2016.242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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