Study Finds Copyright Concerns Affect Communications Research - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"On Thursday, American University's Center for Social Media and the International Communication Association released a survey of ICA members titled "Clipping Our Own Wings: Copyright and Creativity in Communication Research." The e-mail survey—to which about 8 percent of ICA members, or 387, responded—found that nearly half of all communications scholars were not confident about their knowledge of copyright laws. The survey also found that nearly a third avoided research subjects or questions because of that lack of knowledge, and a fifth abandoned research that was already under way because of copyright worries...."

Link:

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Study-Finds-Copyright-Concerns/22211/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

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oa.new oa.copyright oa.surveys oa.communication

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 19:03

Date published:

04/01/2010, 18:35