Stefan Weber (media researcher) explained

Stefan Weber
Birth Date:14 June 1970
Birth Place:Salzburg, Austria
Nationality:Austrian
Alma Mater:University of Salzburg
University of Vienna
Occupation:Media research, plagiarism blogging

Stefan Weber (born 14 June 1970 in Salzburg) is an Austrian media researcher and writer. The mass media often call him "plagiarism hunter" (in German "Plagiatsjäger").[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Weber studied journalism and communication science at the University of Salzburg and subsequently worked in Salzburg as a journalist and university lecturer. In 2005 he completed his Habilitation at the University of Vienna.[4]

When Weber discovered in 2005 that a Tübingen theologian, in 2004, had copied approximately half of his doctoral thesis more or less verbatim from Weber's own 1996 thesis, he launched a public media campaign to draw attention to the problem of plagiarism in academia. The Tübingen plagiarist had his doctoral degree retracted in July 2005.[5] In addition, he received a criminal court sentence in 2007.[6]

In 2007, Weber co-authored a Google-critical study[7] and published the book "The Google-Copy-Paste-Syndrome".[8]

In 2011, Weber founded with Gerhard Fröhlich (University of Linz) the "Initiative Transparente Wissenschaft" (also "AntiPlag Austria"),[9] which operates a website on Wikia.[10] There, suspicious cases of scientific misconduct in Austria can collaboratively be dealt with.[11]

Public plagiarism allegations

Weber has raised allegations against several high-profile public personalities. A media sensation was created by the allegations against the then Austrian Minister for Science and Research, Johannes Hahn (see "Discussion about his PhD thesis"), in 2007, claiming that in his doctoral thesis he had "copied page per page without proper reference".[12]

Publications

Monographs (in German):

Editorships (in German and English, selection):

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zeit.de/studium/hochschule/2011-09/portraet-weber Stefan Weber: Der einsame Plagiatsjäger | Studium | ZEIT ONLINE
  2. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/interviewstefanweber100.html Plagiatsjäger Weber kritisiert "Textkultur ohne Hirn" | tagesschau.de
  3. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/wissen/forschung/45568_Johannes-Hahn-ist-ein-Viertel-Guttenberg.html "Johannes Hahn ist ein Viertel Guttenberg" - Plagiatsjäger Stefan Weber: Auf jeder vierten Seite von Hahns Dissertation ist ein Plagiatsfragment zu finden - Wiener Zeitung Onl...
  4. http://www.vsjournals.de/index.php;do=show_article/sid=a3a9a3b310ac4bc5d2e3ada4e234bf1f/site=pub/area=kom/id=1098 Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung Online
  5. http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,382779,00.html Abgeschrieben und erwischt: Der Plagiator – SPIEGEL ONLINE
  6. https://archive.today/20120713201046/http://science.orf.at/science/news/149043 Deutscher wegen Plagiats strafrechtlich verurteilt – ORF ON Science
  7. Web site: ISDS - Home . 2017-06-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229105054/http://www.iicm.tugraz.at/iicm_papers/dangers_google.pdf . 2009-12-29 .
  8. http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/2009/06/19/brainless-text-culture-and-mickey-mouse-science/ Brainless Text Culture and Mickey Mouse Science :: Society of the Query
  9. Plagiatsjäger machen mobil in Der Standard, march 8th, 2011
  10. http://de.antiplagaustria.wikia.com/ Initiative Transparente Wissenschaft
  11. Web site: [Register] FWD: "antiplagaustria" - 'Österreichisches GuttenPlag-Wiki' gegründet - Offener Brief an BM Karl . 2012-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110313081353/http://philo.at/pipermail/register/2011-March/001137.html . 2011-03-13 .
  12. http://newsv1.orf.at/070524-12647/index.html Zitierregeln damals noch anders?
  13. http://www.vsjournals.de/index.php;do=show_article/sid=a3a9a3b310ac4bc5d2e3ada4e234bf1f/site=pub/area=kom/id=6146 Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung Online
  14. http://www.vsjournals.de/index.php;do=show_article/sid=94337055750d03025084eb542585391/site=pub/area=kom/id=5729 Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung Online
  15. Stefan Weber: Non-dualistische Medientheorie. Eine philosophische Grundlegung . 10.1007/s11616-007-0136-5 . 2007 . Scholl . Armin . Publizistik . 52 . 2 . 278–279 .
  16. http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/1/3/132.graf Graf R. (2006) Review of: Stefan Weber (2005) Non-dualistische Medientheorie. Eine philosophische Grundlegung. UVK: Konstanz. Constructivist Foundations 1(3): 132
  17. http://www.vsjournals.de/index.php;do=show_article/sid=a3a9a3b310ac4bc5d2e3ada4e234bf1f/site=pub/area=kom/id=6586 Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung Online
  18. http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/thema/870634/ Weniger Wissen durch Neue Medien – Medienwissenschaftler Stefan Weber kritisiert | Thema | Deutschlandradio Kultur
  19. Web site: IASLonline.: Dynamic.
  20. http://www.vsjournals.de/index.php;do=show_article/sid=a3a9a3b310ac4bc5d2e3ada4e234bf1f/site=pub/area=kom/id=6392 Publizistik – Vierteljahreshefte für Kommunikationsforschung Online
  21. http://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/9877.php socialnet – Rezensionen – Stefan Weber: Theorien der Medien
  22. http://www.literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=7502 Die Ordnungen der Medientheorien - Eine Einführung in die Einführungsliteratur : literaturkritik.de
  23. Web site: F.LM - Texte zum Film Stefan Höltgen: Theorien der Medien . 2012-12-18 . 2013-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130423063339/http://www.f-lm.de/2003/12/15/theorien-der-medien/ . dead .
  24. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-18 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041335/http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/mitterer/reviews/kleinezeitung.pdf . dead .
  25. http://diepresse.com/home/spectrum/literatur/658146/Wir-beissen-nicht-in-das-Wort Wir beißen nicht in das Wort - DiePresse.com