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27Accessing Online Data for Youth Mental Health Research: Meeting the Ethical ChallengesPhilosophy and Technology 32 (1): 87-110. 2019.This article addresses the general ethical issues of accessing online personal data for research purposes. The authors discuss the practical aspects of online research with a specific case study that illustrates the ethical challenges encountered when accessing data from Kooth, an online youth web-counselling service. This paper firstly highlights the relevance of a process-based approach to ethics when accessing highly sensitive data and then discusses the ethical considerations and potential c…Read more
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241… They don’t really listen to peopleJournal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 17 (2): 167-182. 2019.The voices of children and young people have been largely neglected in discussions of the extent to which the internet takes into account their needs and concerns. This paper aims to highlight young people’s lived experiences of being online.
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47It would be pretty immoral to choose a random algorithmJournal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 17 (2): 210-228. 2019.Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on empirical work conducted to open up algorithmic interpretability and transparency. In recent years, significant concerns have arisen regarding the increasing pervasiveness of algorithms and the impact of automated decision-making in our lives. Particularly problematic is the lack of transparency surrounding the development of these algorithmic systems and their use. It is often suggested that to make algorithms more fair, they should be made more…Read more
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205Accessing Online Data for Youth Mental Health Research: Meeting the Ethical ChallengesPhilosophy and Technology 32 (1): 87-110. 2019.This article addresses the general ethical issues of accessing online personal data for research purposes. The authors discuss the practical aspects of online research with a specific case study that illustrates the ethical challenges encountered when accessing data from Kooth, an online youth web-counselling service. This paper firstly highlights the relevance of a process-based approach to ethics when accessing highly sensitive data and then discusses the ethical considerations and potential c…Read more
Ansgar Koene
University of Nottingham
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University of NottinghamAssociate Professor (Part-time)
Areas of Specialization
Technology Ethics |
Business Ethics |
Applied Ethics, Miscellaneous |
Professional Ethics |