Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2016
ISSN
1747-0161
Publisher
SAGE Publishing
Language
en-US
Abstract
We argue a main but underappreciated reason why the Facebook emotional contagion experiment is ethically problematic is that it co-opted user data in a way that violated identity-based norms and exploited the vulnerability of those disclosing on social media who are unable to control how personal information is presented in this technologically mediated environment.
Recommended Citation
Evan Selinger & Woodrow Hartzog,
Facebook’s emotional contagion study and the ethical problem of co-opted identity in mediated environments where users lack control
,
12
Research Ethics
35
(2016).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016115579531
