Untangling research and practice: What Facebook’s “emotional contagion” study teaches us:

Research Ethics

danahboyd¹ 

关键词: big data;    ethics;    Facebook;    informed consent;    IRB;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1747016115583379

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Published in 2014, the Facebook “emotional contagion” study prompted widespread discussions about the ethics of manipulating social media content. By and large, researchers focused on the lack of corporate institutional review boards and informed consent procedures, missing the crux of what upset people about both the study and Facebook’s underlying practices. This essay examines the reactions that unfolded, arguing the public’s growing discomfort with “big data” fueled the anger. To address these concerns, we need to start imagining a socio-technical approach to ethics that does not differentiate between corporate and research practices.

【 授权许可】

CC BY