Regina, You be interested in this article by Wyke Stommel and interview with her: Research Ethics & Extant Data On Methodspace: https://bit.ly/3JVTJSZ All the best, Janet Janet Salmons, PhD (She/her/hers) Research Community Manager, SAGE MethodSpace Boulder, Colorado USA jsalmons@vision2lead.com Now available! Doing Qualitative Research Online, 2nd edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello dear AOIR colleagues, What are the ethical guidelines for analyzing reader comments to newspaper articles for newspapers behind a paywall? An example would be The New York Times. Reader comments are not accessible unless one is a paid subscriber or unless an article is gifted. Is this similar to Facebook where groups are not public? For context, I have a couple of articles where I want to analyze the reader comments. Hoping to get some insight. Thanks, Regina