Week 4 F09

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Week 4

Contents

[edit] Video

[edit] Week 4

  • Time Diary Updates
  • Notes about Group Projects

[edit] Week 4 Organization

6-6:15 Administrative, Questions, Recent Links
6:15-7:00 Lecture
7:00-7:15 Break
7:15-8:00 Facebook Research Ethics Debate
8:00-8:30 Presentations

[edit] Week 4 Lecture

[edit] What we've covered so far

  • How different disciplines approach the study of social network sites
  • The questions being asked in current research
  • Conceptualizing social impacts of social network site use
  • Examined our own social network site use

[edit] What we're going to look at

  • What methods can be used to answer our questions about social network sites
    • Our questions:
      • Privacy: "Don't like getting tagged on Facebook because I always look like an idiot"
      • Awkwardness: "People who want to be in your network and you dont want to be friends and you have to decline"
      • Security: "Child safety from predators"
      • Value: "What drives the boom of online social networks?"
      • Identity: "Where to draw the line between personal/professional"
      • No ownership: "Silos. My network should be accessible everywhere - it's mine."
  • What are the ethics of doing research in social network sites

Week 4 Lecture

[edit] SNS Research Ethics Debate

Case:

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have developed an innovative way to track a potential new variant of the H1N1 virus. To test the algorithm they created, they will observe incidences of H1N1 and predict future carriers of the disease based on Facebook information. In order to test their algorithm, Facebook profiles of H1N1 infectees, as well as the Facebook profiles of their friends, must be downloaded to NIH (government) servers for analysis. The NIH agrees to terms of use with Facebook, so as to protect the identities of people's profiles they've downloaded for analysis.

Please consider:

  • The ethical implications of this research
  • The potential harms and benefits for affected individuals
  • The key points for or against approval of this research

[edit] Presentations