Text or Subjects

摘要: What constitutes ‘human data’? How do we recognise the ‘living persons’ in mediated environments? are implications of separation author and utterance online settings for research ethics? Making reference to diverse nature identity formation environments, chapter explores significance subject’ how ‘subjects’ offline brought into being methods texts. The examines both text human subject approaches Internet ways that maintaining these can be unsettled by actual experience research. also considers challenge verifying data difficulties arise when researchers encounter distressing material during conduct