A good place to start would be this: Ess, C. & AoIR ethics working committee, 2002. Ethical decision-making and Internet research: Recommendations from the aoir ethics working committee, Available at: www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf [Accessed March 7, 2008]. The ethics of online research has often been debated on this list, if you search the archives you may find answers to some of your questions. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins Skype: julhop ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 10:07:27 -0700 (PDT) From: kattie hogan <hogankattie@yahoo.com> To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Research Message-ID: <430165.33912.qm@web30104.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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