Can social media data be freely used? Participants' ethical perceptions toward using their social media data in research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3060259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yi Chen (0000-0003-1828-1165, Wuhan University), Si Li (0000-0002-9783-6685, Peking University, corresponding author), Ruoxuan He (Wuhan University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 297-317 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/05390184221101972 |
| OpenAlex | W4282569563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
In the big data environment, various systems and platforms have provided billions of data points to researchers. The large amount of user data on social media platforms has become a source for research data for many kinds of research. However, few scholars realize the ethical risks in the collection and utilization of social media data, and many ignore the ethical needs of users themselves. Users' concerns should be considered when formulating ethical guidelines. This study takes Sina Microblog (the world's largest Chinese social media platform) users as the research subject, hoping to provide data from Chinese users and provide evidence for differences in users' ethical perceptions in different cultural contexts. Within our survey sample, few users had previously known that their microblogs could be collected and used by researchers, and the majority believed that researchers should not use their microblogs without consent. We also found differences in cognition regarding ethical issues in social media data research across groups
Big data · Data collection · Data science · Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Informed consent · Internet privacy · Microblogging · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Research ethics · Social media · Social science · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Medicine · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Psychology · Social Media in Health Education
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |