Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Using Social Media Platforms to Locate and Track Research Participants.

As social media becomes increasingly popular, human subjects researchers are able to use these platforms to locate, track, and communicate with study participants, thereby increasing participant retention and the generalizability and validity of research. The use of social media; however, raises nov...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 47 - 62
Autores principales: Bhatia-Lin, Ananya, Boon-Dooley, Alexandra, Roberts, Michelle K., Pronai, Caroline, Fisher, Dylan, Parker, Lea, Engstrom, Allison, Ingraham, Leah, Darnell, Doyanne
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2019
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          Bhatia-Lin, Ananya
          Boon-Dooley, Alexandra
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          Pronai, Caroline
          Fisher, Dylan
          Parker, Lea
          Engstrom, Allison
          Ingraham, Leah
          Darnell, Doyanne
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          Research Subjects
          Social Media Ethical Issues
          Geographic Information Systems
          Research Ethics
          Privacy and Confidentiality
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      ab: As social media becomes increasingly popular, human subjects researchers are able to use these platforms to locate, track, and communicate with study participants, thereby increasing participant retention and the generalizability and validity of research. The use of social media; however, raises novel ethical and regulatory issues that have received limited attention in the literature and federal regulations. We review research ethics and regulations and outline the implications for maintaining participant privacy, respecting participant autonomy, and promoting researcher transparency when using social media to locate and track participants. We offer a rubric that can be used in future studies to determine ethical and regulation-consistent use of social media platforms and illustrate the rubric using our study team's experience with Facebook. We also offer recommendations for both researchers and institutional review boards that emphasize the importance of well-described procedures for social media use as part of informed consent.
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