CSCW 2010 workshop CfP Revisiting Research Ethics in the Facebook Era: Challenges in Emerging CSCW Research Date: Feb 6, 2010 Location: Savannah, Georgia ORGANIZERS: Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Robert E. Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University Erika Shehan Poole, Georgia Institute of Technology John C. Thomas, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Sarita Yardi, Georgia Institute of Technology ABSTRACT: New research paradigms in CSCW come with unforeseen ethical challenges. This workshop will focus on methodological challenges in doing Internet research, with a focus on: • data collection and analysis • differing ethical norms in various research communities studying the Web • unanticipated consequences of new kinds of online research • pedagogical approaches and issues in teaching online research ethics The morning session will consist of case study presentations and discussion. The afternoon session will be a mock debate format, where participants separate into teams and argue whether or not they think the research can be conducted ethically and workshop organizers act as an ethics review board. In constructing their arguments, participants will be encouraged to brainstorm topics like possible unanticipated effects of the research, handling real outcomes (e.g. if something goes wrong), alternative methods and approaches for carrying out the research ethically, and policy and best practice implications. The afternoon debates should be challenging but fun. PARTICIPATION: Instead of traditional position papers, participants should submit a case study (can be more than one) of up to four pages describing an ethical issue that they find particularly tricky or controversial with pro and con arguments for both sides, as well as a brief cover letter describing their research interests and background in this topic. Submissions should be formatted in standard ACM SIGHI format and submitted in either Adobe PDF (.pdf) or Microsoft Word document format (.doc or .docx) to cscwethics@gmail.com by November 20, 2009. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline Nov 20, 2009 Notification Dec 16, 2009 Workshop Date Feb 6, 2010 WEBSITE: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~yardi/ethics-cscw2010.htm