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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical issues in the documentary data analysis of Internet posts and archives.
AU - Sixsmith, Judith
AU - Murray, Craig
N1 - 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/
PY - 2001/5
Y1 - 2001/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1177/104973201129119109
DO - 10.1177/104973201129119109
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
SP - 423
EP - 432
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
SN - 1552-7557
IS - 3
ER -