Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms
José Luis Molina
(1)
,
Paola Tubaro
(2, 3, 4, 5)
,
Antonio Casilli
(6, 7, 8)
,
Antonio Santos-Ortega
(9)
1
UAB -
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
2 CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
3 ENSAE - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique
4 MSH Paris-Saclay - Maison des Sciences de l'Homme - Paris Saclay
5 TAU - TAckling the Underspecified
6 I3 SES - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation de Telecom Paris
7 NOS - Numérique, Organisation et Société
8 LACI - Laboratoire d'anthropologie critique interdisciplinaire
9 UV - Universitat de València
2 CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
3 ENSAE - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique
4 MSH Paris-Saclay - Maison des Sciences de l'Homme - Paris Saclay
5 TAU - TAckling the Underspecified
6 I3 SES - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation de Telecom Paris
7 NOS - Numérique, Organisation et Société
8 LACI - Laboratoire d'anthropologie critique interdisciplinaire
9 UV - Universitat de València
José Luis Molina
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-2932-2690
Paola Tubaro
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : paola-tubaro
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Antonio Casilli
- Fonction : Auteur
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Antonio Santos-Ortega
- Fonction : Auteur
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- ORCID : 0000-0002-1849-8623
Résumé
Scientific research is growingly increasingly reliant on "microwork" or "crowdsourcing" provided by digital platforms to collect new data. Digital platforms connect clients and workers, charging a fee for an algorithmically managed workflow based on Terms of Service agreements. Although these platforms offer a way to make a living or complement other sources of income, microworkers lack fundamental labor rights and basic safe working conditions, especially in the Global South. We ask how researchers and research institutions address the ethical issues involved in considering microworkers as "human participants." We argue that current scientific research fails to treat microworkers in the same way as in-person human participants, producing de facto a double morality: one applied to people with rights acknowledged by states and international bodies (e.g., the Helsinki Declaration), the other to guest workers of digital autocracies who have almost no rights at all. We illustrate our argument by drawing on 57 interviews conducted with microworkers in Spanish-speaking countries.
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Sciences de l'Homme et SociétéFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms
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Résumé |
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Scientific research is growingly increasingly reliant on "microwork" or "crowdsourcing" provided by digital platforms to collect new data. Digital platforms connect clients and workers, charging a fee for an algorithmically managed workflow based on Terms of Service agreements. Although these platforms offer a way to make a living or complement other sources of income, microworkers lack fundamental labor rights and basic safe working conditions, especially in the Global South. We ask how researchers and research institutions address the ethical issues involved in considering microworkers as "human participants." We argue that current scientific research fails to treat microworkers in the same way as in-person human participants, producing de facto a double morality: one applied to people with rights acknowledged by states and international bodies (e.g., the Helsinki Declaration), the other to guest workers of digital autocracies who have almost no rights at all. We illustrate our argument by drawing on 57 interviews conducted with microworkers in Spanish-speaking countries.
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Auteur(s) |
José Luis Molina
1
, Paola Tubaro
2, 3, 4, 5
, Antonio Casilli
6, 7, 8
, Antonio Santos-Ortega
9
1
UAB -
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona = Autonomous University of Barcelona = Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
( 98227 )
- UAB Campus 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona
- Espagne
2
CREST -
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
( 2579 )
- 5, Avenue Henry Le Chatelier
91120 Palaiseau
- France
3
ENSAE -
Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique
( 92774 )
- ENSAE-Sénégal Liberté VI extension - VDN, N° 26 BP 45512- Dakar Fann
- Sénégal
4
MSH Paris-Saclay -
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme - Paris Saclay
( 1051095 )
- MSH Paris-Saclay USR 3683 C/o ENS Paris-Saclay
Bâtiment Laplace
61, avenue du Président Wilson
94230 CACHAN
- France
5
TAU -
TAckling the Underspecified
( 1066529 )
- Université Paris Saclay
Bâtiment 660 - Shannon ;
91405 Orsay Cedex
- France
6
I3 SES -
Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation de Telecom Paris
( 420705 )
- Télécom Paris 19 Place Marguerite Perey 91120 PALAISEAU
- France
7
NOS -
Numérique, Organisation et Société
( 1091836 )
- Télécom Paris 19 Place Marguerite Perey 91120 PALAISEAU.
Anciennement: SID: Sociologie, Information-Communication Design
- France
8
LACI -
Laboratoire d'anthropologie critique interdisciplinaire
( 1063605 )
- EHESS - 54, boulevard Raspail - 75006 Paris
- France
9
UV -
Universitat de València
( 303680 )
- Av. de Blasco Ibáñez, 13, 46010 València
- Espagne
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Licence |
Paternité
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2023-04
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Volume |
29
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Numéro |
3
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Page/Identifiant |
17
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Domaine(s) |
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Financement |
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Mots-clés |
en
Microwork, Crowdsourcing, Research ethics, Digital platforms
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DOI | 10.1007/s11948-023-00437-1 |
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