Thursday, October 17, 2013
Facebook Pages as Data?
Hello. I think I have found the area that I want to investigate further for my dissertation. I will talk more about particulars in a non-public format, but I wanted to put this out there so that you would know that I need to talk with you. Are we ever allowed to use data from FB for studies? What are the steps that I need to take besides reading the FB guidelines? Is it always off limits or can participants agree to allow you to use their comments, ideas, etc.
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There have been a TON of studies recently on Facebook so you are in good company. It's a tricky data source to access, though, because people are their real selves and so you have to get permission from everyone - including the people who comment on posts - so that will be a challenge. We can talk more about how people have been doing research with Facebook and once I now more about what you are thinking we can brainstorm.
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