Loughborough University
Browse
JBR_accepted_032020 for LUPIN.pdf (515.9 kB)

Users' ethical perceptions of social media research: Conceptualisation and measurement

Download (515.9 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-05, 09:28 authored by Nina MichaelidouNina Michaelidou, Milena Micevski, John Cadogan
The study examines users’ ethical perceptions of social media research focusing on the conceptualisation and development of a measure. We follow an established procedure using a mixed-method research approach to develop and validate a measure involving two studies. Five ethical dimensions are identified in study one, anonymity and ownership, exploitation, permission, vulnerable groups, and control. The dimensionality of the measure is validated in study two, while construct validity is tested. Overall, the findings of both studies indicate that the developed measure possesses good psychometric properties; thus, fully capturing ethical dimensions of social media research and offering significant theoretical and practical contributions. This line of research has implications for varied stakeholders, including social media analysts and organisations engaging in social media research practices.

History

School

  • Business and Economics

Department

  • Business

Published in

Journal of Business Research

Volume

124

Pages

684 - 694

Publisher

Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© Elsevier

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Business Research and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.03.005.

Acceptance date

2020-03-04

Publication date

2020-04-15

Copyright date

2020

ISSN

0148-2963

Language

  • en

Depositor

Prof John Cadogan. Deposit date: 4 March 2020

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC