Some challenges for ethics in social network research

Luke Hutton; Tristan Henderson

doi:10.1145/2793013.2793023

Some challenges for ethics in social network research

Luke Hutton, Tristan Henderson

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

Social network sites (SNSes) comprise one of the most popular networked applications of late, with hundreds of millions of users. Collecting and analysing data from such systems creates myriad ethical issues and challenges for researchers both in networked systems and other fields, as highlighted by recent media sensitivity about research studies that have used data from Facebook. In our workshop contribution we discuss recent work that we have been carrying out in the area of responsible SNS research, revolving around themes of reproducibility, consent, incentives, and creating ethical workflows.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Ethics in Networked Systems Research
Publisher	ACM
Pages	13-15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2793013.2793023
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2015
Event	Workshop on Ethics in Networked Systems Research - Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Aug 2015 → 21 Aug 2015 http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2015/netethics.php

Workshop

Workshop	Workshop on Ethics in Networked Systems Research
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	21/08/15 → 21/08/15
Internet address	http://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2015/netethics.php

Keywords

Online social networks
Research ethics
Ethics
Methodology
Reproducible research

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