Traditional research ethics has mainly and rightly been focused on making sure that participants are treated safely, justly, and ethically, to avoid the violation of their rights or putting participants in harm's way. Information integrity research within CSCW has also correspondingly mainly focused on these issues, and the focus of internet research ethics has primarily focused on increasing protections of participant data. However, as branches of internet research focus on more fraught contexts such as information integrity and problematic information, more explicit consideration of other ethical frames and subjects is warranted. In this workshop paper, we argue that researcher protections should be more explicitly considered and acknowledged in these studies, and should be considered alongside more standard ethical considerations for participants and for broader society.
翻译:传统研究伦理主要且正确地聚焦于确保受试者得到安全、公正和合乎伦理的对待,以避免侵犯其权利或使其处于危险之中。计算机支持协同工作领域内的信息诚信研究也相应主要关注这些问题,而互联网研究伦理则主要侧重于增强对受试者数据的保护。然而,随着互联网研究分支越来越多地聚焦于信息诚信和问题信息等更具风险的语境,更明确地考虑其他伦理框架和主体变得必要。在这篇研讨会论文中,我们认为在这些研究中应更明确地考虑和承认对研究者的保护,并应将其与针对受试者及更广泛社会的标准伦理考量一同纳入考虑。