Tag Archives: ethics

Who owns a hashtag?

Posted on 20th November 2019 by NomadWarMachine

I’m doing a MOOC from Futurelearn at the moment with some friends: Social Media Analytics: Using Data to Understand Public Conversations It’s interesting, I am getting to use some familiar software (TAGS) and some new stuff (Tableau), and it’s good … Continue reading →

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Researcher Journal: Trust and Authenticity

Posted on 21st January 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the ethics of conducting research on open data. I know that some folk take the view that because Twitter is in the public domain, that means that researchers are welcome to help themselves … Continue reading →

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The ethics of remixing

Posted on 22nd July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I caught a fascinating conversation on Twitter yesterday about various issues around remixing. Here’s some of it[View the story “The ethics of remix” on Storify] Today we decided to take up Scott’s suggestion and start a Google Doc to share … Continue reading →

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Researcher Journal: Ethical Clearance

Posted on 13th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It took me ages to work out how to write my ethics application for my PhD. It was only when Fiona (my supervisor) said that doing it would help me think through my methodology that something clicked and I started … Continue reading →

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What’s the point of ethics?

Posted on 25th February 2015 by NomadWarMachine

It’s a frequent misconception that the Hippocratic Oath contains the phrase “do no harm”, and that means that doctors can’t do anything that might hurt their patients. But it doesn’t,  and sometimes they have to.  Primarily the thrust of the … Continue reading →

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