---
_id: '37140'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:p>Social media have become not only integral parts of our private and
    professional lives, but also an indispensable source of data for empirical research
    across a variety of academic disciplines. Applying a Social Media Analytics (SMA)
    methodology, however, imposes heavy ethical challenges on researchers. Scholars
    in the Information Systems (IS) discipline must deal with a patchwork of ethical
    frameworks, regulations, and (missing) institutional support. To initiate a debate
    on how to develop a common understanding of SMA research ethics, this paper compiles
    a scoping review of extant literature and suggests a research agenda for IS scholarship
    on this matter. The review yields a total of eight fundamental principles of ethical
    SMA research, which provide a starting point to guiding individual researchers
    towards more ethical conduct. At the same time, this work unearths a multitude
    of intricate dilemmas that are currently unresolved. The findings of this review
    will encourage IS scholarship to find its own voice in the debate about social
    media research ethics.</jats:p>
author:
- first_name: Julian
  full_name: Marx, Julian
  last_name: Marx
- first_name: Milad
  full_name: Mirbabaie, Milad
  id: '88691'
  last_name: Mirbabaie
citation:
  ama: 'Marx J, Mirbabaie M. The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review of Social Media
    Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems. In: <i>Australasian Journal
    of Information Systems</i>. Vol 26. Australian Journal of Information Systems;
    2022. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>'
  apa: Marx, J., &#38; Mirbabaie, M. (2022). The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review
    of Social Media Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems. <i>Australasian
    Journal of Information Systems</i>, <i>26</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Marx_Mirbabaie_2022, title={The Investigator’s Dilemma -
    A Review of Social Media Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems}, volume={26},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>},
    booktitle={Australasian Journal of Information Systems}, publisher={Australian
    Journal of Information Systems}, author={Marx, Julian and Mirbabaie, Milad}, year={2022}
    }'
  chicago: Marx, Julian, and Milad Mirbabaie. “The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review
    of Social Media Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems.” In <i>Australasian
    Journal of Information Systems</i>, Vol. 26. Australian Journal of Information
    Systems, 2022. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>.
  ieee: 'J. Marx and M. Mirbabaie, “The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review of Social
    Media Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems,” in <i>Australasian Journal
    of Information Systems</i>, 2022, vol. 26, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>.'
  mla: Marx, Julian, and Milad Mirbabaie. “The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review of
    Social Media Analytics Research Ethics in Information Systems.” <i>Australasian
    Journal of Information Systems</i>, vol. 26, Australian Journal of Information
    Systems, 2022, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287">10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287</a>.
  short: 'J. Marx, M. Mirbabaie, in: Australasian Journal of Information Systems,
    Australian Journal of Information Systems, 2022.'
date_created: 2023-01-17T15:18:34Z
date_updated: 2023-01-18T07:56:57Z
doi: 10.3127/ajis.v26i0.3287
intvolume: '        26'
keyword:
- Information Systems and Management
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Business
- Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
- Information Systems
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Australasian Journal of Information Systems
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1449-8618
publication_status: published
publisher: Australian Journal of Information Systems
status: public
title: The Investigator’s Dilemma - A Review of Social Media Analytics Research Ethics
  in Information Systems
type: conference
user_id: '80546'
volume: 26
year: '2022'
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