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Online Extremism and Terrorism Research Ethics: Researcher Safety, Informed Consent, and the Need for Tailored Guidelines

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Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 367 - 380

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09546553.2021.1880235

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This article reflects on two core issues of human subjects’ research ethics and how they play out for online extremism and terrorism researchers. Medical research ethics, on which social science research ethics are based, centers the protection of research subjects, but what of the protection of res...

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ISSN: 0954-6553 1556-1836
Published: Informa UK Limited 2021
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