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Digital Research Ethics (online)

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While ethical issues are faced by all social researchers the ethical issues posed by some digital platforms, digital spaces and mediated interactions can raise distinct ethical challenges (and opportunities).

This one-day course will consider what it means to ethically collect data and to work with potentially sensitive data when using digital research tools and when researching digital spaces and objects.  It will introduce researchers to principles underpinning ethical practice in digital contexts and will explore the complexities of managing issues of informed consent, anonymity and confidentiality in and through digitally mediated environments.

Course Timings: 11:00 – 16:00

This course is suitable for researchers at any career stage who wish to gain an understanding of ethics in digital research.

Short case study material will be provided in advance of the course and students are asked to read the case studies prior to attendance.

Course Code

NCRMEDDRE

Course Leader

Dr Kate Orton-Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Digital Sociology, The University of Edinburgh
Course Description

11:00 am          Welcome and Introduction (live on line)

11:10 am          Part 1 

12:00 pm         Lunch Break

1:00 pm           Part 2 

1:45 pm           Break

2.00 pm           Part 3 

2:45 pm           Break

3.00 pm           Discussion and Conclusion 

4:00 pm           Depart

The course covers: 
•    Defining ethics and ethical frameworks
•    Defining “unethical’ research
•    Defining digital ethics
•    Ethical challenges in digital research contexts and when using digital research tools 
•    Finding guidance and resources to help you make ethical decisions in your own research

By the end of the course participants will:
•    Develop an understanding of the principles underpinning ethical practice in digital research
•    Be able to identify potential ethical pitfalls at different stages of the research process
•    Develop an understanding of the contested ethical considerations in digital research
•    Understand the need to evaluate the digital context(s) of research for ethical decision-making

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