Sandra Jeppesen - Media Activist Research Ethics: Global Approaches to Negotiating Power in Social Justice Research

The International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR) has been, for over 50 years, a focal point and unique platform for academic debate and discussion on a variety of topics and issues generated by its many thematic Sections and Working groups (see http://iamcr.org/ ). This new series specifically links to the intellectual capital of the IAMCR and offers more systematic and comprehensive opportunities for the publication of key research and debates. It will provide a forum for collective knowledge production and exchange through trans-disciplinary contributions. In the current phase of globalizing processes and increasing interactions, the series will provide a space to rethink those very categories of space and place, time and geography through which communication studies has evolved, thus contributing to identifying and refining concepts, theories and methods with which to explore the diverse realities of communication in a changing world. Its central aim is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange from different geo-cultural contexts. Books in the series will contribute diverse and plural perspectives on communication developments including from outside the Anglo-speaking world which is much needed in todays globalized world in order to make sense of the complexities and intercultural challenges communication studies are facing.The International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR) has been, for over 50 years, a focal point and unique platform for academic debate and discussion on a variety of topics and issues generated by its many thematic Sections and Working groups (see http://iamcr.org/). This new series specifically links to the intellectual capital of the IAMCR and offers more systematic and comprehensive opportunities for the publication of key research and debates. It will provide a forum for collective knowledge production and exchange through trans-disciplinary contributions. In the current phase of globalizing processes and increasing interactions, the series will provide a space to rethink those very categories of space and place, time and geography through which communication studies has evolved, thus contributing to identifying and refining concepts, theories and methods with which to explore the diverse realities of communication in a changing world. Its central aim is to provide a platform for knowledge exchange from different geo-cultural contexts. Books in the series will contribute diverse and plural perspectives on communication developments including from outside the Anglo-speaking world which is much needed in today's globalized world in order to make sense of the complexities and intercultural challenges communication studies are facing.

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This book is the result of a long-term collective effort that has included colleagues from a wide range of academic institutions, community organizations, grassroots collectives, and social movements, including the many activists who collaborate and participate in research in many more ways than we may acknowledge or give them credit for. We are grateful to the many global activists who have embraced the endeavor of research, with all of the conflicts and affective, intellectual messiness that it sometimes entails.

The contributors to this volume have been working with us since 2018. They have made the process of editing this book stimulating and enjoyable. We thank the authors for sharing their experiences and concerns, opening up a much-needed dialogue about the ethics of our roles in the nexus of activism-research. We have learned a great deal from engaging in dialogues with them through and about their work, and for this we are very grateful.

This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, grant number 435-2013-1385. In addition, Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, Sweden has financially supported research exchange activities that helped us turn an idea into the book you are now reading.