social media, methods, and ethics
ethics
Fair use of images in scholarly publishing
Feb 27th
Fair use of images in scholarly publishing is an important issue to put on the front burner. As Patricia Aufderheide and her colleagues at American University’s Center for Social Media remind us, confusion about copyright and fair use creates a culture of fear. As a consequence, many publishers require copyright permissions More >
Fabrication as ethical performance
Mar 5th
Traditional journalistic and sociological practice considers a person’s words to be freely available–if uttered publicly or with permission–to analyze and quote, as long as we anonymize the source. Prior to the internet, researchers took for granted the ability to safely store fieldnotes, interview transcripts, demographic data, and other information that More >
