JCMC: The Discussion Section Ep. 3 - Jessica Vitak and Katie Shilton on Data Ethics for Researchers, IRBs, and Journal Reviewers


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In this episode of JCMC: The Discussion Section, host Nicole Ellison, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and Karl E Weick Collegiate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, is joined by Katie Shilton and Jessica Vitak to discuss data ethics in computational research. Jessica and Katie talk about their work with the Pervasive Data Ethics for Computational Research (PERVADE) project, outlining ethical concerns around big data, the current and future roles of IRBs in data ethics, and how researchers, reviewers, and editors can build best practices into their process.


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Featuring

Nicole Ellison

Katie Shilton

Jessica Vitak

Sponsor:

Oxford University Press


More from the host & speakers:


Nicole Ellison

Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor | School of Information

University of Michigan

Twitter - @nicole_ellison

Katie Shilton

Associate Professor | College of Information Studies

University of Maryland, College Park

Principal Investigator | PERVADE Project

Twitter - @KatieShilton

Twitter - @pervade_team

Jessica Vitak

Associate Professor, HCIL Director | College of Information Studies

University of Maryland

Principal Investigator | PERVADE Project

Twitter - @jvitak

Twitter - @pervade_team


Works referenced in episode:

D'ignazio, C., & Klein, L. F. (2020). Data feminism. MIT Press.


Scholars and Organizations referenced in episode:


PERVADE Project

Association of Internet Researchers reports on Ethics

ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing

Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Researchers (CSST)

Casey Fiesler

Nick Proferes

Sarah Gilbert


Copy and Audio Editor:

Kate In

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown