I am doing content analysis of posts on FB and Twitter that I will be using for a "works in progress" presentation next week. I have several screen shots of the posts in which the identity of the person is visible. It's easier for me not to take out the identity, but would it be ethical to leave the identities in? Twitter posts in particular are frequently quoted in news articles, so it seems to me that there really can't be any reasonable expectation of privacy with them. I want to be an ethical researcher here, but I also don't want to spend time making the ppt slides anonymous if I don't have to. Any ethical and/or legal guidance is much appreciated. thanks! bruce Bruce A. Phillips Professor of Sociology & Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College HUC Louchheim School of Judaic Studies at the University of Southern California University Research Fellow, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture Affiliated Faculty, USC Middle East Studies Program Hebrew Union College 3077 University Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-765-2151