Participatory Approaches Should be Used to Address the Ethics of Social Media Experiments

Vincent J. Straub; Jason W. Burton

doi:10.1038/s44271-025-00204-x

Participatory Approaches Should be Used to Address the Ethics of Social Media Experiments

Vincent J. Straub, Jason W. Burton

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Abstract

The use of social media field experiments has led to calls for revised ethical guidelines—but none have stuck. A participatory governance approach, similar to developments in AI, can improve practices and collectively align the interests of researchers, platforms and users.

Original language	English
Article number	28
Journal	Communications Psychology
Volume	3
Issue number	28
Number of pages	5
ISSN	2731-9121
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00204-x
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2025

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