One question you will likely need to know the answer to is whether you need to know the offscreen names and identities of these kids. With knowing who they are, you'd definitely need consent and assent. With anonymous people, consent will still probably be needed/is ethical since you're looking at online identity (they are anonymous offscreen but not onscreen), but you may be able to get approval for waiver of *written* consent. IE. it's possible to get their consent from checking a box on a website or something rather than collecting their signatures and offscreen names. just my $.02... Do you have access to other IRB proposals from your research institution that deals with online research? mark On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:07 AM, kattie hogan <hogankattie@yahoo.com>wrote:
I am currently a doctorate student and my interest is online adolescent identity performances. My IRB is currently unsure about the types of consent I should obtain from these young people and whether parental consent must be obtained and how I would go about collecting those signatures. I would like to work with 14-17 year olds from different geographic areas, so face to face interviews would be a challenge. Any advice? Thank you in advance _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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