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Participant Observation Covert participant observation ( P.O) is when research is undertaken on subjects oblivious to the research. The subjects do not know the researchers purpose or true identity. In contrast overt P.O is when subjects are informed of the study and have given their consent. Covert P.O has raised many ethical questions on its deceiving methods. It is seen as an intrusion and a breach of privacy, which causes issues of human and civil rights to be raised. Groups, if they were to discover they were to discover they were the subjects of covert P.O would probably have a largely disagreeable reaction. Anger, betrayal, confusion and insecurity are just a few potential reactions to discovery. Covert P.O has led to some safety risks. Researchers have become involved in criminal and dangerous activity. Also, "going native", when a researcher stops studying the group and simply becomes a part of the group...

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