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Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice

Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice

Cameron Norman, Adrian Guta, Sarah Flicker
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781605660226|ISBN10: 1605660221|EISBN13: 9781605660233
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch020
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Norman, Cameron, et al. "Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice." Handbook of Research on Technoethics, edited by Rocci Luppicini and Rebecca Adell, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 295-315. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch020

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Norman, C., Guta, A., & Flicker, S. (2009). Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice. In R. Luppicini & R. Adell (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Technoethics (pp. 295-315). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch020

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Norman, Cameron, Adrian Guta, and Sarah Flicker. "Engaging Youth in Health Promotion Using Multimedia Technologies: Reflecting on 10 Years of TeenNet Research Ethics and Practice." In Handbook of Research on Technoethics, edited by Rocci Luppicini and Rebecca Adell, 295-315. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch020

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Abstract

New information technologies are creating virtual spaces that allow youth to network and express themselves with unprecedented freedom and influence. However, these virtual spaces call into question traditional understandings of private and public space and open up new tensions for institutions (e.g. schools and law enforcement) trying to maintain safe spaces. For adolescent health researchers, these virtual spaces provide exciting opportunities to study youth culture, but also challenge the utility of ethical guidelines designed for a non-networked world. At issue are tensions between the realities of ‘natural’ interactions that occur online, often in full public view, and creating ethical research environments. These tensions and issues will be explored within this chapter, through an overview of the Teen- Net project, a discussion of anonymity and confidentiality within social networking technologies and software (including Friendster, Facebook, and Myspace), and a discussion of ethical considerations for researchers engaged in adolescent health research and promotion.

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