AI Article Synopsis

  • Researchers examining military communities online must adhere to high ethical standards due to the potential risks of reidentification for participants.
  • Many military ethnographers using online methods lack proper ethical safeguards and fail to document their ethical considerations adequately.
  • The study highlights the necessity of implementing strong ethical practices in online research to protect vulnerable military populations and offers strategies for improving ethics in this field.

Article Abstract

Researchers using online ethnographic methods to study military communities must employ higher standards of ethical practice. Military populations may face significant risk if reidentified in research. These requirements are especially salient for online data collection. This review questions how and to what extent military online ethnographers are addressing ethics considerations. We charted evidence from seven military studies using an online ethnographic method. Findings reveal that most online military ethnographers did not utilize sufficient ethical safeguards in their studies. Additionally, they did not document or transparently disclose the ethical steps they may have taken. This study argues implementing ethical safeguards is especially important for protecting vulnerable military populations. We present a strategy for evaluating ethics practices in online ethnographic research and provide best practices for military online ethnographers.

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