Ethics

This ethics information is created based on previous works on ethical issues by Working group 5 of DigiLitEY COST Action (see Flewitt, in press; Poveda and Flewitt, 2018 (PDF, 607KB)). The model of the chart is inspired by ESRC Ethics Principles Chart.

Principles

Voluntary informed consent
Confidentiality and anonymity
Avoiding harm and risk
Research integrity and quality
Dialogue and reciprocity

References

Flewitt, R (in press) Ethics and researching young children’s digital literacy practices, in Erstad, O, Flewitt, R and Kümmerling-Meibauer, B (eds.) The Routledge handbook of digital literacies in early childhood. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Poveda, D and Flewitt, R (2018) WG5 workshop ethical issues related to young children and digital media: collaborative workshop for researchers and practitioners (PDF, 607KB). DigiLitEY ISCH COST Action 1410. Working group 5: methodologies.