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Read the texts.
1. Individually: Would you act the same as the researcher? Vote (beneath white text box).
2. As a group: What is at stake? Connect the text with the elements that are at stake. (white-yellow text box)
3. As a group: What position did the researcher take? Connect. (white blue textbox: scroll down)
4. Class: discussion

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Laud Humphrey did a study of sexual contacts between men in public toilets. These men use a “watch queen” who looks out for security or police while others engage in public sex.

Humphrey adopted the role of “watch queen” without telling the men he was doing research.

He wrote down the license plate numbers of 50 men and tracked down the addresses of these men with the police. He told the police he needed these data for marketing research.

Not long afterwards, Humphrey took part in a survey on health. He asked for permission to add respondents (the 50 men from his earlier research) to the list of selected people.

In order not to be recognized, Humphrey waited a year before approaching these men, bought a different car, and changed the way he looked. From the survey, it turned out that these men were often married and led pretty regular lives. This research greatly contributed to a better understanding about who these men are.

Source: Burgess (1984) In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research: 187

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A Dutch researcher did research among young Turkish girls. Besides the interviews, she wanted to gather information in an informal way. Many girls started to trust her and invited her for birthday parties or to stay over for dinner etcetera. These situations gave a lot of information, in particular about relationships (problems within the family, falling in love…). The girls treated this information as off-the-record, although they didn’t make this explicit. Since the information was highly relevant, the researcher used this information anyway. She made sure, however, that pseudonyms were used instead of the girls' real names. After the article got published, some girls appeared to be unhappy about the additional information included in the article.

Source: De Vries (1995) Casus, Gebruik van indirect verkregen informatie - ethisch dilemma bij kwalitatief onderzoek. In: Ethische vragen bij sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek (eds Mentzel, Kohnstam & Becker): 102

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Posted in a ‘depression support group’ by student Sarah for an assignment

Subj: NEED HELP ASAP!!!!

I am doing a research paper on eating disorders on college campuses, and I nee info. See I want to know if any of you all know of people with eating disorders, and if so are they depressed... how severe. have they been diagnosed, Stuff like that... I need info quick. So, if you could please reply soon Like today would be good. If any doctors are out there, can you give me some real concrete facts about depression, eaaating disorders, and what type of age, gender, kind we are talking. Who is most affected. And what are some typical traits?

Thank you Sarah

Source: Hall, Frederick & Johns (2004) ‘NEED HELP ASAP!!!’: A Feminist Communitarian Approach to Online Research Ethics. In: Online Social Research, Methods, Issues & Ethics (ed. Johns, Chen & Hall): 242-43 *Mistakes are from the original texts.