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Research with Social Media Data – Ethical Considerations

Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd
Associate Professor
Ted Rogers School of Management
Ryerson University

Social media data is a rich source of behavioural data that can reveal how we connect and interact with each other online in real time and over time, and what that might mean for our society as we continue to speed towards an increasingly computer-mediated future. At the same time, as more and more Canadians are joining and contributing to various social media websites, their automatically recorded data are rapidly becoming available to third parties to mine for both commercial and academic purposes. As a result, questions around why and how data consumers’ use social media data are becoming pertinent. This talk will review different approaches to the automated collection and analysis of social media and discuss some ethical implications of working with such data.

November 19th, 2014 – 11:30am-12:30pm
Halifax: Theatre A, Tupper Building
Saint John: DMNB Room 102

Please RSVP, if you plan to attend – info@ihrtp.ca