TY - JOUR AB - This paper examines some of the ethical problems involved in undertaking Internet research and draws on historical accounts as well as contemporary studies to offer an analysis of the issues raised. It argues that privacy is a misleading and confusing concept to apply to the Internet, and that the concept of non‐alienation is more resourceful in addressing the many ethical issues surrounding Internet research. Using this as a basis, the paper then investigates the Free/Libre and Open Source research model and argues for the principles of “open source ethics” in researching the online world, which includes a participatory and democratic research method. VL - 14 IS - 4 SN - 1066-2243 DO - 10.1108/10662240410555333 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/10662240410555333 AU - Berry David M. PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - Internet research: privacy, ethics and alienation: an open source approach T2 - Internet Research PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 323 EP - 332 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -