Journal of Internet Research Ethics seeks research papers
08:17, 17 February 2010
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The International Journal of Internet Research Ethics (IJIRE) seeks papers from researchers describing best ethical practices in the investigation of online communities (blogs, email-based groups, YahooGroups, GoogleGroups, bulletin boards, online games, video sharing sites, virtual worlds and any other Web environments that demonstrate evidence of community processes). Research topics of particular interest include:
- Vulnerable populations (e.g., youth, medical contexts, extremism)
- Outcomes of challenges to the online community due to research ethics decisions
- Research design (e.g., how to factor in experimentation that involves research deception)
- Methodological practices (e.g., data scraping, behavioural tracking, successful methodological combinations)
- Working with commercial companies
- Negotiating the online-offline identity (both research participants/subjects and investigator)
- Implications of the community content/framework
- Ecological validity: extrapolating the findings to other communities and non-Internet conclusions
- International ethics considerations
The special issue seeks to include submissions that introduce extensions to existing theories - including new frameworks for approaching the ethical issues that emerge in online communities and novel applications of existing offline ethics frameworks - and examples of best practice - including case studies of successful ethical solutions, both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, issues associated with international ethics practices, and changes to ethical approaches over the short- and the long-term.
While all forms of scholarship and research are welcome, the special issue will feature theoretically and empirically grounded study in the social or behavioral sciences.
Submission guidelines:
- The special issue is edited by Aleks Krotoski. Please contact the editor to discuss your submissions. The editor welcomes contributions from new and established researchers. Submitted manuscripts will be subject to peer review.
- Papers of approximately 6,000 words are encouraged. Critical insight and strong ethical and theoretical foundations are expected. International Journal of Research Ethics submission guidelines and referencing styles will be followed.
- The guest editor will consider papers received by 18 April 2010. Fewer than 10 papers will be accepted.
Submission: IJIRE Special Issue, Best Ethical Practices in Online CommunitiesView past issues of IJIRE. The IJIRE is published at the Center for Information policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
