Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics
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Resumo: | This article analyzes the ethical discussion focusing on the Facebook emotional contagion experiment published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. The massive-scale experiment manipulated the News Feeds of a large amount of Facebook users and was successful in proving that emotional contagion happens also in online environments. However, the experiment caused ethical concerns within and outside academia mainly for two intertwined reasons, the first revolving around the idea of research as manipulation, and the second focusing on the problematic definition of informed consent. The article concurs with recent research that the era of social media and big data research are posing a significant challenge to research ethics, the practice and views of which are grounded in the pre social media era, and reflect the classical ethical stances of utilitarianism and deontology. |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research EthicsBig data; emotional contagion; Facebook; informed consent; manipulation; methodology; privacy; research ethics; social media; user dataThis article analyzes the ethical discussion focusing on the Facebook emotional contagion experiment published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. The massive-scale experiment manipulated the News Feeds of a large amount of Facebook users and was successful in proving that emotional contagion happens also in online environments. However, the experiment caused ethical concerns within and outside academia mainly for two intertwined reasons, the first revolving around the idea of research as manipulation, and the second focusing on the problematic definition of informed consent. The article concurs with recent research that the era of social media and big data research are posing a significant challenge to research ethics, the practice and views of which are grounded in the pre social media era, and reflect the classical ethical stances of utilitarianism and deontology.Cogitatio2016-10-10info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.579oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/579Media and Communication; Vol 4, No 4 (2016): Successes and Failures in Studying Social Media: Issues of Methods and Ethics; 75-852183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/579https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.579https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/579/579Copyright (c) 2016 Jukka Jouhki, Epp Lauk, Maija Penttinen, Niina Sormanen, Turo Uskalihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessJouhki, JukkaLauk, EppPenttinen, MaijaSormanen, NiinaUskali, Turo2022-12-20T10:57:58Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/579Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:20:36.489531Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics Jouhki, Jukka Big data; emotional contagion; Facebook; informed consent; manipulation; methodology; privacy; research ethics; social media; user data |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Facebook’s Emotional Contagion Experiment as a Challenge to Research Ethics |
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Jouhki, Jukka |
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Jouhki, Jukka Lauk, Epp Penttinen, Maija Sormanen, Niina Uskali, Turo |
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Lauk, Epp Penttinen, Maija Sormanen, Niina Uskali, Turo |
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Jouhki, Jukka Lauk, Epp Penttinen, Maija Sormanen, Niina Uskali, Turo |
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Big data; emotional contagion; Facebook; informed consent; manipulation; methodology; privacy; research ethics; social media; user data |
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Big data; emotional contagion; Facebook; informed consent; manipulation; methodology; privacy; research ethics; social media; user data |
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This article analyzes the ethical discussion focusing on the Facebook emotional contagion experiment published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. The massive-scale experiment manipulated the News Feeds of a large amount of Facebook users and was successful in proving that emotional contagion happens also in online environments. However, the experiment caused ethical concerns within and outside academia mainly for two intertwined reasons, the first revolving around the idea of research as manipulation, and the second focusing on the problematic definition of informed consent. The article concurs with recent research that the era of social media and big data research are posing a significant challenge to research ethics, the practice and views of which are grounded in the pre social media era, and reflect the classical ethical stances of utilitarianism and deontology. |
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