New journal, perhaps of interest.
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From: Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu
Date: Mar 15, 2007 7:08 AM
Subject: [Asis-l] new Journal: International Journal of Internet Research Ethics
To: Asis-l(a)asis.org
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International Journal of Internet Research
Ethics
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html
Description and Scope:
The IJIRE is the first peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated
specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on
Internet Research Ethics. All disciplinary perspectives, from those
in the arts and humanities, to the social, behavioral, and biomedical
sciences, are reflected in the journal.
With the emergence of Internet use as a research locale and tool
throughout the 1990s, researchers from disparate disciplines, ranging
from the social sciences to humanities to the sciences, have found a
new fertile ground for research opportunities that differ greatly
from their traditional biomedical counterparts. As such,
"populations," locales, and spaces that had no corresponding physical
environment became a focal point, or site of research activity. Human
subjects protections questions then began to arise, across
disciplines and over time: What about privacy? How is informed
consent obtained? What about research on minors? What are "harms" in
an online environment? Is this really human subjects work? More
broadly, are the ethical obligations of researchers conducting
research online somehow different from other forms of research ethics
practices?
As Internet Research Ethics has developed as its own field and
discipline, additional questions have emerged: How do diverse
methodological approaches result in distinctive ethical conflicts –
and, possibly, distinctive ethical resolutions? How do diverse
cultural and legal traditions shape what are perceived as ethical
conflicts and permissible resolutions? How do researchers
collaborating across diverse ethical and legal domains recognize and
resolve ethical issues in ways that recognize and incorporate often
markedly different ethical understandings?
Finally, as "the Internet" continues to transform and diffuse, new
research ethics questions arise – e.g., in the areas of blogging,
social network spaces, etc. Such questions are at the heart of IRE
scholarship, and such general areas as anonymity, privacy, ownership,
authorial ethics, legal issues, research ethics principles (justice,
beneficence, respect for persons), and consent are appropriate areas
for consideration.
The IJIRE will publish articles of both theoretical and practical
nature to scholars from all disciplines who are pursuing—or reviewing—
IRE work. Case studies of online research, theoretical analyses, and
practitioner-oriented scholarship that promote understanding of IRE
at ethics and institutional review boards, for instance, are
encouraged. Methodological differences are embraced.