CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Frankel & Siang

Mark S. Frankel and Sanyin Siang.  Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Subjects Research on the Internet:  A Report of a Workshop June 10-11, 1999.  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), November, 1999 – www.aaas.org/ssp/dspp/sfrl/projects/intres/report.pdf Internet research has ranged widely from naturalistic observation to surveys.  Some difficulties in this sort of research include: anonymity, pseudonym use, informed consent in online contexts,... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Fluehr

Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. “Informed Consent in Anthropological Research: We are Not Exempt.” Human Organization 53 (1994): 1–10. The article investigates the history of the idea of informed consent and attempts to articulate why anthropology has not incorporated it into their research methods. The idea of “Informed Consent without Forms” is used to show that the “spirit of informed consent can be fulfilled without the intrusive and unnecessarily legalistic use of a... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Cushman

Cushman, Ellen, and Terese Guinsatao Monberg. “Building Bridges: Reflexivity and Composition Re-search.” Under Construction: Working at the Intersections of Composition Research, Theory, and Practice. Eds. Chris Anson and Christine Farris. Logan : Utah State UP, 1998. 166-80. C&M identify a main problem in composition research:  we are often socially distanced from the cultures we study. Socially reflexive scholarship “is one that does not assume authority in representing... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 2nd Gen. – Bassett and O’Riordan

Bassett, Elizabeth H., and Kate O’Riordan. “Ethics of Internet Research: Contesting the Human Subjects Research Model.” Ethics and Information Technology 4 3 (2002): 233-47. Print. The authors in this piece argue that the spatial metaphors used in descriptions of the Internet has shaped the adoption of the human subjects research model.  This model is appropriate in some areas of internet research like email; however, the authors feel that researchers need... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 2nd Gen – Herrington

Brandt, Deborah, et al. “The Politics of the Personal: Storying Our Lives against the Grain. Symposium Collective.” College English 64 1 (2001): 41-62. Print. The article hopes to push into discussions of the “personal” in the context of professional life.  For the authors, “we are interested in exploring the extent to which and the reasons for why diverse members of the profession have responded differently to current professional pressures/invitations to... Read More