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Participatory approaches should be used to address the ethics of social media experiments

Abstract:: The use of social media field experiments has led to calls for revised ethical guidelines—but none have stuck. A participatory governance approach, similar to developments in AI, can improve practices and collectively align the interests of researchers, platforms and users.

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Straub, V. J., & Burton, J. W. (2025). Participatory approaches should be used to address the ethics of social media experiments. Communications Psychology, 3(1).

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Straub, VJ, and JW Burton. “Participatory Approaches Should Be Used to Address the Ethics of Social Media Experiments.” Communications Psychology, vol. 3, no. 1, 2025.

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Straub, VJ, and JW Burton. 2025. “Participatory Approaches Should Be Used to Address the Ethics of Social Media Experiments.” Communications Psychology 3 (1).
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Publisher copy:: 10.1038/s44271-025-00204-x

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:: Clinical Trial Service Unit
Oxford college:: St Edmund Hall
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0003-3393-6027

+ Burton, JW More by this author

Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-6797-2299

Publisher:: Springer Nature
Journal:: Communications Psychology More from this journal
Volume:: 3
Issue:: 1
Article number:: 28
Publication date:: 2025-02-21
Acceptance date:: 2025-01-29
DOI:: 10.1038/s44271-025-00204-x
EISSN:: 2731-9121

Language:: English
Pubs id:: 2090988
Local pid:: pubs:2090988
Deposit date:: 2025-02-21
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_9f6d724162864c2d952df37577584386

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Copyright date:: 2025
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