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full datasets, and you should refer to their terms to understand what you may
share. Authors typically retain rights and ownership to their content.

Take a look at
`these guidelines <https://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/guidelines>`_
on social media collection development.

Ethical considerations
----------------------

In addition to respecting the platforms' terms, as a user of Social Feed Manager
and data collected within it, it is your responsibility to consider the ethical
aspects of collecting and using social media data. Your discipline or
professional organization may offer guidance.

Many people have written about the important ethical and legal considerations in
collecting and using social media data. To begin understanding these aspects,
here are a few resources with which to start:

* Social Feed Manager's `"Building Social Media Archives: Collection Development
Guidelines" <https://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/guidelines>`_,
2017
* Sara Mannheimer and Elizabeth A. Hull, `"Sharing selves: Developing an ethical
framework for curating social media data"
<https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/12661/Mannheimer-Hull-Sharing-Selves-2017.pdf>`_,
2017.
* Association of Internet Researchers, `“Ethical Decision-Making and Internet
Research” <http://aoir.org/reports/ethics2.pdf>`_, 2012.
* Annette Markham, `“OKCupid data release fiasco”
<https://points.datasociety.net/okcupid-data-release-fiasco-ba0388348cd>`_,
May 18, 2016.
* North Carolina State University Libraries, `“Social Media Toolkit: Legal and
Ethical Implications”
<https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/social-media-archives-toolkit/legal>`_, 2015.
* Katrin Weller and Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda, `“A manifesto for data sharing in
social media research”
<https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/social-media-archives-toolkit/legal>`_,
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Web Science, 2016.


professional organization may offer guidance. In addition, take a look at
these `social media research ethical and privacy guidelines <https://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/social_media_research_ethical_and_privacy_guidelines.pdf>`_.

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<p>In addition to respecting the platforms' terms, as a user of Social Feed Manager and data collected within it, it is your
responsibility to consider the ethical aspects of collecting and using social media data. Your discipline or professional
organization may offer guidance. Here are <a href="http://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/ethics" target="_blank">a few resources to consider.</a></p>
organization may offer guidance. Here are some <a href="https://gwu-libraries.github.io/sfm-ui/resources/social_media_research_ethical_and_privacy_guidelines.pdf" target="_blank">ethical and privacy guidelines</a> you may want to consider.</p>
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