We are planning to collect and analyse comments, reactions and shares to AOD Media Watch Facebook content, beginning 16 January 2021. Different people have different expectations of their privacy when acting online, and we want to manage these expectations respectfully throughout this project. Even though we will anonymise and protect the identities of all participants and their content (without changing their intended meanings), we understand that some people may not wish to be research participants at all. For this reason, we are encouraging any person who has engaged with our Facebook to contact us should they wish to have their posts omitted from this study.
We also want to respect the contribution that the community is making to this research project, and for this reason we are requesting contact from people who have engaged with us and wish to be identified as a contributor in products of this study.
Should you wish to exclude your posts, be identified as a contributor or discuss another project related matter the project investigators can be reached via Facebook or email.
Project Investigators:
Dr. Liam Engel
l.engel@ecu.edu.au
ECU ID – lengel
Adjunct Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University, School of Medical and Health Sciences
Dr. Stephen Bright
s.bright@ecu.edu.au
ECU ID – sbright
Senior Lecturer in Addiction, Edith Cowan University, School of Medical and Health Sciences
Dr. Leesa Costello
l.costello@ecu.edu.au
ECU ID – lcostello
Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Edith Cowan University, School of Medical and Health Sciences
Data will be stored and password protected on the personal computer of the lead researcher. Ethics approval has been provided by Edith Cowan University’s Human Research Ethics Committee (2020-01627-ENGEL).
Potential risks associated with this study include;
- A psychological risk of discomfort for people who do not wish to have their content included in our analysis, which will be mitigated via our provision of opt out opportunities and the de-identification of participants.
- A social risk relating to stigma for participants who do not wish for others to understand their relationship with AOD. We will mitigate this risk through the de-identification of data and opt out opportunities.
- A risk of criminalisation due to admission of drug activity. We will de-identify participants and store data securely to mitigate this risk.
If you have any complaints or concerns about this project you wish to discuss with someone independent from the research project, please contact ECU’s Senior Research Ethics Officer via phone at (61 8) 6304 2170.
If you have any complaints or concerns about this project you wish to discuss with someone independent from the research project, please contact ECU’s Senior Research Ethics Officer via phone at (61 8) 6304 2170.