Democratising research evaluation: Achieving greater public engagement with bibliometrics-informed peer review
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 40, Heft 5, S. 563-575
ISSN: 1471-5430
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In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 40, Heft 5, S. 563-575
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 45, Heft 5, S. 673-682
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: JERHRE ; an international journal, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 149-159
ISSN: 1556-2654
Social media (SM) research presents new challenges for research ethics committees (RECs) who must balance familiar ethical principles with new notions of public availability. This article qualitatively examines how U.K. REC members view this balance in terms of risk and consent. While it found significant variance overall, there were discernible experience-based trends. REC members with less experience of reviewing SM held inflexible notions of consent and risk that could be categorized as either relying on traditional notions of requiring direct consent, or viewing publicly available data as "fair game." More experienced REC members took a more nuanced approach to data use and consent. We conclude that the more nuanced approach should be best practice during ethical review of SM research.