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JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION
Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages 855-874Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqab026
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Qualitative Methods; Open Science; Validity; Transparency; Reflexivity; Ethics; Collaboration
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This article contributes to communication research by integrating qualitative methodological literature with open communication science research to identify five broader commitments for all communication research: validity, transparency, ethics, reflexivity, and collaboration. It also highlights the key opportunities for qualitative and quantitative communication scholars to leverage the momentum of open science to critically reflect on and improve knowledge production processes, while examining competing values that incentivize dubious practices in communication research and discussing metascience initiatives to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field.
Recent initiatives toward open science in communication have prompted vigorous debate. In this article, we draw on qualitative and interpretive research methods to expand the key priorities that the open science framework addresses, namely producing trustworthy and quality research. This article contributes to communication research by integrating qualitative methodological literature with open communication science research to identify five broader commitments for all communication research: validity, transparency, ethics, reflexivity, and collaboration. We identify key opportunities where qualitative and quantitative communication scholars can leverage the momentum of open science to critically reflect on and improve our knowledge production processes. We also examine competing values that incentivize dubious practices in communication research, and discuss several metascience initiatives to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in our field and value multiple ways of knowing.
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