Contribution to Book
Anonymous Source of Data
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-30-2017
DOI
10.4135/9781483381411.n17
Abstract
Academic writers have the ethical responsibility to protect their sources of data, to inform participants of how personal information will be secured, and to inform participants when anonymity cannot be safeguarded. The informed consent document, reviewed prior to data collection, conveys the appropriate information to potential participants. In this way, participants understand whether or not they will be identifiable and how this affects their decision to participate. This entry elaborates on these three points.
Copyright Owner
SAGE Publications, Inc
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Tina A. Coffelt. "Anonymous Source of Data" The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tina-coffelt/3/
This encyclopedia entry is published as Coffelt, T. A. (2017). Anonymous source of data. In M. Allen (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi:10.4135/9781483381411.n17. Posted with permission.