Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change

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Autor(a) principal: Dommett, Katharine
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Tromble, Rebekah
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i1.4713
Resumo: Independent researchers’ access to digital platform data is critical for our understanding of the online world; yet recent reflections have shown that data are not always readily available (Asbjørn Møller & Bechmann, 2019; Bruns, 2018; Tromble, 2021). In the face of platform power to determine data accessibility, academics can often feel powerless, but opportunities and openings can emerge for scholars to shape practice. In this article, we examine the potential for academics to engage with non-academic audiences in debates around increased data access. Adopting an autoethnographic approach, we draw on our personal experiences working with policymakers and digital platforms to offer advice for academics seeking to shape debates and advocate for change. Presenting vignettes that detail our experiences and drawing on existing scholarship on how to engage with non-academic audiences, we outline the opportunities and challenges in this kind of engagement with a view to guiding other scholars interested in engaging in this space.
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title Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
spellingShingle Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
Dommett, Katharine
advocacy; data access; non-academic engagement; platforms; policymakers
title_short Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
title_full Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
title_fullStr Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
title_full_unstemmed Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
title_sort Advocating for Platform Data Access: Challenges and Opportunities for Academics Seeking Policy Change
author Dommett, Katharine
author_facet Dommett, Katharine
Tromble, Rebekah
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dommett, Katharine
Tromble, Rebekah
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv advocacy; data access; non-academic engagement; platforms; policymakers
topic advocacy; data access; non-academic engagement; platforms; policymakers
description Independent researchers’ access to digital platform data is critical for our understanding of the online world; yet recent reflections have shown that data are not always readily available (Asbjørn Møller & Bechmann, 2019; Bruns, 2018; Tromble, 2021). In the face of platform power to determine data accessibility, academics can often feel powerless, but opportunities and openings can emerge for scholars to shape practice. In this article, we examine the potential for academics to engage with non-academic audiences in debates around increased data access. Adopting an autoethnographic approach, we draw on our personal experiences working with policymakers and digital platforms to offer advice for academics seeking to shape debates and advocate for change. Presenting vignettes that detail our experiences and drawing on existing scholarship on how to engage with non-academic audiences, we outline the opportunities and challenges in this kind of engagement with a view to guiding other scholars interested in engaging in this space.
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