When in doubt as to whether IRB review is needed, researchers should contact Chapman’s IRB so that it can make a formal determination if its review and oversight is required based upon the specific …

Researchers wishing to access data from the internet or social media that contain identifiers and are not publicly available must first obtain IRB review and approval.

Surveillance research raises ethical concerns related to privacy and data security. Data from Reddit (as well as Twitter, and various online message boards) is public and accessible to researchers. As …

Mar 8, 2022 · We should acknowledge that there has been a healthy public debate regarding the role of social media in research with some pointing out that some data included in posts can indeed be …

In general, researchers utilize social media for two purposes: recruitment (both one-way ads & interactive recruitment) and as a component of the research interventions or data collection methods.

This is a policy and procedure document to help researchers prepare applications to the IRB that involve the use of social networking sites or mobile devices.

The IRB does not consider sites that require the user to create an account, and then provide a log in and password, to be publicly available data. Therefore, participants must be consented before an …

These guidelines serve to encourage IRB-compliant SNS research while ensuring that social media ethics do not result in indirect censorship of important research.

The McKendree University IRB must approve the recruitment materials prior to submission to social media sites for approval and prior to posting any such materials on social media.

You should work with your studies IRB of record to see if they require approval of your social media advertising materials (e.g. wording, ad/post content, images, etc.). If approval is needed, you must …