Zusammenfassung

Generally, when and if one thinks of “ethics,” one imagines codes of conduct, guidelines for attitudes and behaviors, rules for dealing with others or for knowing the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. As moral compasses, ethical guidelines function prior to action. As a part of research design, ethics are often considered prior to the conduct of a study. Taking a sideways glance at this practice (through critically filtered lenses), this article approaches the issue of ethics in Internet studies from the perspective of a methodologist, specifically focusing on premises and practices of interpretive qualitative inquiry.

https://doi.org/10.3172/JIE.15.2.37