Hi Maria Having recently completed an assignment on ethics in IMR (Internet-mediated research), I can recommend the following additional publications (apologies for the delay in sending this message but I have had issues with server access): Convery, I. & Cox, D. (2012). A review of research ethics in internet-based research. Practitioner Research in Higher Education 6 (1), 50-57. Retrieved from http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/1334/2/100-467-1-PB.pdf Eysenbach, G. & Till, J. E. (2001). Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities. British Medical Journal, 323, 1103-1105. Retrieved from http://www.bmj.com.ezproxy.lancs.ac.uk/content/323/7321/1103 Hair, N. & Clark, M. (2007). The ethical dilemmas and challenges of ethnographic research in electronic communities. International Journal of Market Research,49(6), 781-799. Hammersley, M. & Traianou, A. (2012). Ethics In Qualitative Research: Controversies And Context. Available from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) Lancaster University, Lancaster. Whiteman, N. (2010). Control And Contingency: Maintaining Ethical Stances In Research. Retrieved from http://ijire.net/issue_3.1/2_whiteman.pdf Whiteman, N. (2012). Undoing Ethics: Rethinking Practice in Online Research. Available from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.lancs.ac.uk/book/10.1007/978-1-4614-1827-6/... I realise there are a couple of duplications here. Best wishes Karen