Ethical issues in the documentary data analysis of Internet posts and archives.

Sixsmith, Judith and Murray, Craig (2001) Ethical issues in the documentary data analysis of Internet posts and archives. Qualitative Health Research, 11 (3). pp. 423-432. ISSN 1552-7557

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Abstract

The documentary analysis of email posts and archives for qualitative research has been outlined elsewhere (Murray & Sixsmith, 1998a; Murray and Sixsmith, in press). Although there is an increase in the number of studies being conducted on listserv and newsgroup material in health research, this has not always been accompanied by a careful, in-depth consideration of the concomitant ethical issues. Therefore, this article outlines the ethical considerations surrounding this form of research, including issues of: accessing voices, consent, privacy, anonymity, interpretation, and ownership and authorship of research material.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Qualitative Health Research

Additional Information:

The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Qualitative Health Research, 11 (3), 2001, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Qualitative Health Research page: http://qhr.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2739

Subjects:

?? public health, environmental and occupational healthr medicine (general) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research

ID Code:

26075

Deposited By:

Dr Craig Murray

Deposited On:

16 Mar 2009 10:32

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

15 Jul 2024 10:26

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/26075