Ethics and Digital Trace Data

Chris Bail
Duke University

website: https://www.chrisbail.net
github: https://github.com/cbail
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chris_bail

 

False Polarization

 

False Polarization

 

False Polarization

 

 

False Polarization & Social Media

 

An Experiment To Reveal False Polarization on Social Media

Class Exercise (Small Groups)

 

  • 1) You are members of a new ethics review team at Twitter.

  • 2) Use the concenpts discussed in Bit by Bit to analyze whether this study should be done: (Respect for Persons, Beneficience, Justice, and Respect for Law and Public Interest).

  • 3) Discuss whether there are any ways to evaluate possible risks of the study.

  • 4) Discuss whether there are any ways to make the study more ethical.

  • 5) Write a 1-2 paragraph recommendation that explains whether you think the data scientist at Twitter should be allowed to do this study.