Information for researchers: What is an informed consent form?

A very good discussion on ways of seeking and gaining consent is given by the World Health Organization.

Using social media for social research: An introduction.

A useful government-based aide-memoire for using social media for social research from the Social Media Research Group.

A study into using social media for research and analysis

Entitled ‘Using Social Media for Social Research’, this is produced for quite a specific purpose for the government. However, there is some very useful general advice.

Tips for social media research

Offers ‘top tools and techniques’ for social media research.

Tips for social media market research.

Offers tips on how to use social media for market research.

A guide to ethics in social media research

This is a really useful document produced by a team led by the University of Aberdeen which offers ethics guidelines for use by researchers, students, ethics committees, and others interested in the ethics of online research methodologies.