Published online December 31, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 121 No. 1 January 2008, pp. 157-161 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3015)
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Research Ethics in the MySpace Era

Megan A. Moreno, MD, MSEda, Norman C. Fost, MD, MPHb and Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPHa,c

a Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, University of Washington and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
b Department of Pediatrics and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
c Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, Washington

Social networking web sites are popular among adolescents and may represent a new venue for conducting adolescent health research. Conducting research by using social networking web sites raises several concerns, including the social value of this research, fair subject selection, confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent. Addressing each of these concerns, we offer an ethical framework to promote informed and appropriate decisions.

Key Words: social networking sites • ethics • Internet

Abbreviations: IRB—institutional review board

Accepted Oct 9, 2007.




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