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The New Normal?

Revisiting Ethical Issues in Internet Research

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Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (ICDCIT 2014)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 8337))

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The use of the Internet as a research tool or venue has grown exponentially, and with such growth, continued attention to an array of ethical issues is necessary. One of the long-standing ethical issues in Internet research revolves around privacy and identifiability. This paper will contextualize the current state of Internet research and its ongoing ethical considerations with attention to a new “default of identifiability.” It describes issues related to Internet-related human subjects research, though it is not intended to align with regulatory guidance. Instead, the paper seeks to stimulate further discussion across disciplines about the ethics of contemporary Internet research.

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  1. Endowed Chair and Director, Center for Applied Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

    Elizabeth A. Buchanan

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  1. School of Technology & Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, 400005, Mumbai, India

    Raja Natarajan

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Buchanan, E.A. (2014). The New Normal?. In: Natarajan, R. (eds) Distributed Computing and Internet Technology. ICDCIT 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8337. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04483-5_3

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