Venue:Hybrid format – University of Applied Sciences, St. Poelten, Campus-Platz 1, Small Assembly Hall (ground floor) & online.

Discussants:

Dr. Kristina Juraitė, Professor and Chair of Department of Public Communications, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, DIACOMET (Coordinator)

Dr. Lars Kaczmirek, Head of Core Facility AUSSDA – The Austrian Social Science Data Archive; Research and Publication Services, University Library, University of Vienna

DDr. phil. et iur. Krisztina Rozgonyi MBA, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Klagenfurt, DIACOMET

Prof. Dr. Josef Trappel, Head of Department of Communication Studies and of the Media Politics and Media Economics Division, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, ReMeD

Chair: Dr. Josef Seethaler, Head of the Research Group „Media, Politics & Democracy“ at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Klagenfurt, MeDeMAP (Coordinator)

There are good reasons for incentivizing or even mandating to make research data publicly available and, thus, to foster transparency of research and the reuse of data. However, data requires methodologically sound analysis and theoretically grounded interpretation to prevent it from being misinterpreted—unconsciously or intentionally—or even misused for political purposes, which can potentially happen when data is published without context. Data misuse is likely to slow down scientific progress and lower public trust in science and its institutions. This discussion therefore focuses on the question of how data misuse could be prevented and the open access principle could be implemented responsibly.

Zoom link for online participation:
https://oeaw-ac-at.zoom.us/j/61610417833?pwd=nhc6ZRSj8SObMJ1wgXcjZ7KErIBZJt.1
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