Thanks, Daniel, On 10/01/18 15:55, Daniel Thomas wrote:
On 10/01/18 14:43, Charles M. Ess wrote:
A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS.
Is the use of facebook necessary for this research? Are the role-playing accounts interacting with the wider network or just with each other? If the role-playing accounts are only interacting with each other then could a self-hosted open source social network system be used? This would bypass facebook ToS issues.
Excellent points and considerations! But, FWIW: FB was chosen precisely in order to be accessible to a larger public, both online and offline (e.g., activities affiliated with the project coordinated online and involving representing the fake personas offline). Again, many thanks! best, - c. -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess@media.uio.no