On Aug 11, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Lois Ann Scheidt wrote:
So would ten random people on the street be harmed if I took their public words and used them in a study?
if their words weren't traceable to them as individuals . . . and those words were in public . . . would probably be ok But their pictures are traceable directly to them... for years to come . . . if that's the data . . .then to protect them from harm.... by given them a chance to decide if they want to be involved in research in which their data is connected to them . . . you'd need to ask. I didn't bring photos into the discussion. But they ARE an interesting addition.... in that they illustrate, by analogy, the problem on the web, with words. Often, now, words CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THEIR ORIGINATOR in ways that f-2-f data that we collected and protected cannot. Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Multimedia Program and Department of Communication Co-Director, New Media Center 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 <http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/index.html> <http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/> AIM/IM & skype: dredleelam Second Life: Professor Beliveau