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Users' ethical perceptions of social media research: Conceptualisation and measurement
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-05, 09:28 authored by Nina MichaelidouNina Michaelidou, Milena Micevski, John CadoganThe 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 ResearchVolume
124Pages
684 - 694Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Rights holder
© ElsevierPublisher 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
2020-03-04Publication date
2020-04-15Copyright date
2020ISSN
0148-2963Publisher version
Language
- en