I will be happy - when I return to the States on Monday - to go over this in detail - but on first glance, most, if not all of these questions are explicitly addressed in the AoIR guidelines, so it may not be out of place to suggest that your colleague have a look at those as a start. apologies for the hurry - I'm literally running out the door for the airport... -- charles
a friend and fellow PhD, Tutku Aydin, has asked to pass this question to you. if you have responses for her could you send them directly to tutku.aydin@utoronto.ca.
In particular, if any of Barry's students have had to deal with these issues in the context of UofT's "ethics review" requirement, i assume that'd be particularly helpful for her.
thanks, reuven
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My research involves transnational ethnic identity formation through the discursive interactions over the internet.
What is the standard related to quoting people in a chatroom or in a discussion list on the internet? When you become a member of the list should you identify yourself as an observer of the list? Should you ask for informed consent of the people with a letter if you are quoting, or paraphrasing people? Or are these chat or discussion environments are considered public billboards and people should be aware that they can be quoted when writing to those places? Is it ok to quote people or paraphrase people by using (double)pseudonyms so that they cannot be easily identifiable?
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Reuven Shlozberg Political Science University of Toronto
Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23