This piece was originally published yesterday on
the Fordham News blog
By: Gina Vergel
Actor Charlie Sheen made headlines in 2011 with a number of trips to rehab, his dismissal from hit show Two and a Half Men, and a public meltdown.
Four years later, he’s back in the news, as he revealed he is HIV positive in a TODAY interview with Matt Lauer.
“It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a turning point in one’s life,” the 50-year-old actor said to Lauer.
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Fordham University Center for Ethics Education Assistant Director Dr. Adam Fried is the new editor of the ethics column of The Clinical Psychologist, a publication of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Fried’s first column on affirming ethical responsibilities, appeared in the Spring 2015, Volume 68, Issue 1 of the publication of Division 12 of the APA comprised of professional clinical psychologists.
A new study using Facebook data to study “emotional contagion,” and the ensuing backlash of its publication offers the opportunity to examine several ethical principles in research. One of the pillars of ethically conducted research is balancing the risks to the individual participants against the potential benefits to society or scientific knowledge. While the study’s effects were quite small, the authors argue that “given the massive scale of social networks such as Facebook, even small effects can have large aggregated consequences.” However, participants were not allowed to give informed consent, which constitutes a risk of the research and the major source of the backlash.
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Tagged American Psychological Association, Deception research, Emotional contagion, Facebook, Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute, Informed consent, Institutional review board, IRB, Michelle Broaddus, Minimal risk, Mood manipulation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Research Ethics, Slate, Social Media, The Atlantic
Dr. Sean D. Young, a 2013 Fordham University Research Ethics Training Institute Fellow
While Facebook may be used primarily to reconnect with old friends and share vacation photos, a recent study suggests that it may also be an important tool in HIV prevention.
A new study by Fordham University HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute Fellow Dr. Sean D. Young of UCLA found that using social media and online communities not only leads to increased HIV testing and encourages significant behavior change among high risk groups, but also turns out to be one of the best HIV-prevention and testing approaches on the Internet.
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Tagged Annals of Internal Medicine, Behavioral Psychology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Facebook, Fordham University, Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute, HIV, HIV Prevention, HIV Testing, LGBT Ethics, Men who have sex with men, MSM, Sean D. Young, Sexually transmitted disease, Social Media, UCLA, University of California Los Angeles
