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:
More from the host & speakers:
Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor | School of Information
University of Michigan
Twitter - @nicole_ellison
Associate Professor | College of Information Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Principal Investigator | PERVADE Project
Twitter - @KatieShilton
Twitter - @pervade_team
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:
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)
Copy and Audio Editor:
Kate In
Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown