Dr. Monica Whitty

Senior Lecturer

Nottingham Trent University

monica.whitty@ntu.ac.uk

Voyeuristic curiosity?

Important insights?

Are there any advantages to collecting data via the Internet?

Mehta & Plaza (1997): pornography

Mehta (2001)

Social Presence Theory

Social Context Cues

Social Distance Theory

Deceptive personas?

People lie on the net so why shouldn’t researchers?

Informed consentWysocki: Pleasure pit

Withdrawal of consent Confidentiality Psychological

safeguards Cross-cultural

differences

Dr. Monica Whitty

Senior Lecturer

Nottingham Trent University

monica.whitty@ntu.ac.uk