On Aug 12, 2007, at 7:06 AM, Ed Lamoureux wrote:
On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:54 PM, Marj Kibby wrote:
Doesn't this say clearly that if the blog (publicly available) already exists before your study begins, and was not set up for the purpose of your study then it is exempt?
Marj
Yes as along as the data set is "finished" before IRB review . . . HOWEVER, that's under the condition that the data cannot be tracked back to the individual.
this is not the way it works. individual data can be tracked back if it is published. private data is the issue. private data is not broadly defined, but includes financial data and medical data so long as it isn't published. for instance, paris hilton's finances are private on the one hand but huge parts are now made public. we can research and reveal the public parts. similarly talking about president bushes bowel health as reported in the media... is fine.
In that case, one would (at the U of I) need informed consent.
nope, it is published text, no subjects involved. It depends on the argument that you make, but the federal guidelines are pretty clear.
.If/when I collect materials from subjects f-2-f (in public or private with or without consent, depending on what I'm doing)
what is a subject? what are the defining characteristics? a. someone intervened with b. someone whose private data is used there is no federally defined subject in blog research until you interact with them, or use data that they have not made publicly available. for instance, if you reveal the name of a pseudonymous blogger... you have created a subject by mixing private knowledge with public knowledge. jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series