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Conducting Ethical Research in Virtual Environments

Conducting Ethical Research in Virtual Environments

Lynne D. Roberts, Leigh M. Smith, Clare M. Pollock
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
ISBN13: 9781599049557|ISBN10: 1599049554|EISBN13: 9781599049564
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch090
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Roberts, Lynne D., et al. "Conducting Ethical Research in Virtual Environments." Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Jerzy Kisielnicki, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 1443-1450. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch090

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Roberts, L. D., Smith, L. M., & Pollock, C. M. (2008). Conducting Ethical Research in Virtual Environments. In J. Kisielnicki (Ed.), Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1443-1450). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch090

Chicago

Roberts, Lynne D., Leigh M. Smith, and Clare M. Pollock. "Conducting Ethical Research in Virtual Environments." In Virtual Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Jerzy Kisielnicki, 1443-1450. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-955-7.ch090

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Abstract

The rapid growth of the Internet has been accompanied by a growth in the number and types of virtual environments supporting computer-mediated communication. This was soon followed by interest in using these virtual environments for research purposes: the recruitment of research participants, the conduct of research and the study of virtual environments. Early research using virtual environments raised a number of ethical issues and debates. As early as 1996, a forum in the The Information Society (vol. 12, no. 2) was devoted to ethical issues in conducting social science research online. The debate has continued with more recent collaborative attempts to develop guidelines for ethical research online (Ess & Association of Internet Researchers, 2002; Frankel & Siang, 1999).

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