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Reflecting on Ethics in the Investigation of Online Communication during Emergencies

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The use of social media to communicate in cases of emergencies has gained more and more importance in recent years. Studying such web and social media data is not only a methodological challenge, but ethical questions also arise. In this article we describe some of those ethical issues and our reflections with a focus on dissemination of results based on the RESCUE project.

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  1. Institut Journalismus und Public Relations, FH JOANNEUM-University of Applied Sciences Graz, Graz, Austria

    Eva Goldgruber & Gudrun Reimerth

  2. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany

    Julian Ausserhofer

  3. Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Julian Ausserhofer

  4. Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway

    Harald Hornmoen, Steen Steensen, Elsebeth Frey & Rune Ottosen

  5. Åbo Akademi University, Helsinki, Finland

    Klas Backholm

  6. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Klas Backholm

  7. Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK

    Colin John McInnes

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  1. Institute of Media and Communication, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Farina Madita Dobrick

  2. Institute of Media and Communication, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jana Fischer

  3. Institute of Media and Communication, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Lutz M. Hagen

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Goldgruber, E. et al. (2018). Reflecting on Ethics in the Investigation of Online Communication during Emergencies. In: Dobrick, F., Fischer, J., Hagen, L. (eds) Research Ethics in the Digital Age. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12909-5_17

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