protecting the researchers?
Dear AoIRists, as many of you know, one of the central additions to the AoIR Internet Research Ethics 3.0 was a focus on protecting the researchers, as catalyzed by phenomena such as #Gamergate as well as increasing research on violent extremists, etc. Thanks to the help of several colleagues - Leonie Tanczer, Lindsay Blackwell, Katherine Lo, Alice Marwick, and Fiona Martin, among others - we were able to gather some helpful resources in the document as well as offer Keith Douglas' very helpful list of suggestions and discussion on "Operational Security: Central Considerations" (7.1, pp. 78ff.) So far as I can gather, threats to researcher safety have only abounded since; at the same time, I've been asked to offer a small workshop (remotely) on Researcher Safety at Umeå University in February: so ... 1) are there any additional resources people would recommend, especially to early career stage researchers, useful / helpful / inspiring in helping take whatever steps we can to protect ourselves? 2) are there additional examples that might be useful to refer to as highlighting / foregrounding the possible risks and / or ways to counter them? Will happily and gratefully acknowledge any help and suggestions you may offer - and will try to collect and summarize them for the list. Many thanks in advance, - charles -- Professor Emeritus University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Secretary, IFIP Working Group 9.8, Gender, Diversity, and ICT <http://ifiptc9.org/9-8/> Fellow, Siebold-Collegiums Institute for Advanced Studies, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany 3rd edition of Digital Media Ethics now out: <http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509533428>
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Charles M. Ess