From data archive to ethical labyrinth
Researchers in the social sciences are increasingly encouraged or obliged to deposit data in digital archives for greater transparency of research or for secondary use by other researchers. However digital archives raise many ethical challenges at the institutional, disciplinary and personal level,...
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| description | Researchers in the social sciences are increasingly encouraged or obliged to deposit data in digital archives for greater transparency of research or for secondary use by other researchers. However digital archives raise many ethical challenges at the institutional, disciplinary and personal level, and researchers can find themselves caught between conflicting requirements. This paper considers the ethical challenges of qualitative data in particular showing what specific ethical challenges qualitative researchers face. There is generally a lack of policy or guidelines as to how to deal with digital data, or else there are conflicting requirements set by funding and academic institutions and by the law. In the face of this, researchers themselves need to be aware of the ethical and legal dimensions of their data, so that they are in the best position to enter into negotiations concerning whether and how it is archived. The options for archiving are outlined, and an interdisciplinary approach is recommended. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:28595fb2-eb52-49e5-b954-b2e0a1686de42022-03-26T12:12:25ZFrom data archive to ethical labyrinthJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:28595fb2-eb52-49e5-b954-b2e0a1686de4Shaping the InternetInternet researchInternet and science and learningEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetSAGE Publications2009Carusi, AJirotka, MResearchers in the social sciences are increasingly encouraged or obliged to deposit data in digital archives for greater transparency of research or for secondary use by other researchers. However digital archives raise many ethical challenges at the institutional, disciplinary and personal level, and researchers can find themselves caught between conflicting requirements. This paper considers the ethical challenges of qualitative data in particular showing what specific ethical challenges qualitative researchers face. There is generally a lack of policy or guidelines as to how to deal with digital data, or else there are conflicting requirements set by funding and academic institutions and by the law. In the face of this, researchers themselves need to be aware of the ethical and legal dimensions of their data, so that they are in the best position to enter into negotiations concerning whether and how it is archived. The options for archiving are outlined, and an interdisciplinary approach is recommended. |
| spellingShingle | Shaping the Internet Internet research Internet and science and learning Carusi, A Jirotka, M From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title | From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title_full | From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title_fullStr | From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title_full_unstemmed | From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title_short | From data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| title_sort | from data archive to ethical labyrinth |
| topic | Shaping the Internet Internet research Internet and science and learning |
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