Tracing controversies in hacker communities: ethical considerations for internet research
| Autor: | Annika Richterich |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Literature & Art, RS: FASoS AMC |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Ethics
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Internet research business.industry Communication 05 social sciences Internet privacy 050801 communication & media studies Library and Information Sciences Tracing geek feminism 050905 science studies Social relation 0508 media and communications gender internet research ETHNOGRAPHY Sociology 0509 other social sciences business hacking Hacker |
| Zdroj: | Information, communication and society, 23(1), 76-93. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISSN: | 1468-4462 1369-118X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1369118x.2018.1486867 |
| Popis: | this paper reflects on the ethics of internet research on community controversies. Specifically, it focuses on controversies concerning gendered, social interaction in hacking communities. It addresses the question how internet researchers should treat and represent content that individuals controversially discussed online. While many internet sources are likewise technically public, they may yet suggest distinct privacy expectations on the part of involved individuals. In internet research, ethical decision-making regarding which online primary sources may be, e.g., referenced and quoted or require anonymisation is still ambiguous and contested. Instead of generalisable rules, the context dependence of internet research ethics has been frequently stressed. Given this ambiguity, the paper elaborates on ethical decisions and their implications by exploring the case of a controversial hackerspaces.org mailing list debate. In tracing data across different platforms, it analyses the emerging ethico-methodological challenges. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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