'Google Wants to Know Your Location': The Ethical Challenges of Fieldwork in the Digital Age

Autor/in	van Baalen, Sebastian
Titel	'Google Wants to Know Your Location': The Ethical Challenges of Fieldwork in the Digital Age
Quelle	In: Research Ethics, 14 (2018) 4, (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (van Baalen, Sebastian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-0161
DOI	10.1177/1747016117750312
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; Internet; Ethics; Information Security; Informed Consent; Confidentiality; Data Collection; Information Management; Information Storage; Researchers; Risk Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Ethik; Data capture; Datensammlung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Informationsspeicherung; Researcher; Forscher; Risikoabschätzung
Abstract	Information communications technologies (ICTs) like laptops, smartphones and portable storage devices facilitate travel, communication and documentation for researchers who conduct fieldwork. But despite increasing awareness about the ethical complications associated with using ICTs among journalists and humanitarians, there are few reflections on digital security among researchers. This article seeks to raise awareness of this important question by outlining three sets of ethical challenges related to digital security that may arise during the course of field research. These ethical challenges relate to (i) informed consent and confidentiality, (ii) collecting, transferring and storing sensitive data, and (iii) maintaining the personal security and integrity of the researcher. To help academics reflect on and mitigate these risks, the article underscores the importance of digital risk assessments and develops ten basic guidelines for field research in the digital age. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01