Presentations at RTR Medien and the Parliamentary Administration
On 26 May 2026, the key findings of the study were presented at RTR Medien. The focus was on current developments in digital skills in Austria and on the question of how well citizens are able to navigate and act in the digital space. The seven groups of digitally active Austrians identified in this way range from self-assured users with limited skills to technology users who actively improvise. Building on this, a discussion took place on whether they are able to deal with misleading information.
On 29 May 2026, Dimitri Prandner (LIFT_C | Open Research Data Infrastructure Lab at JKU and AUSSDA) gave a presentation of the key findings at the ‘FachMittag’ event organised by the Parliamentary Administration. The focus there was on the study’s findings regarding disinformation. Analysis of the project data shows that whilst dealing with misleading information is seen as a problem by large sections of the population, susceptibility to disinformation is strongly dependent on one’s worldview. In particular, people with right-wing political views have difficulty distinguishing false information from accurate information.
Research reports and data on Digital Skills Austria
The “Digital Skills Austria” study is an annual panel study, conducted since 2022, which assesses the ability of the Austrian online population to navigate the digital space, find their way around it and actively help shape it. The research reports from this series of studies are freely available via Zenodo:
- Digital Skills Austria 2022
- Digital Skills Austria 2023
- Digital Skills Austria 2024
- Digital Skills Austria IV – Topgrafie digitaler Fähigkeiten (2025)
- Digital Skills Austria IV – Resilienz gegenüber Desinformation (2025)
For scientific use, the data records from previous waves are available via the AUSSDA Dataverse:
The publication of the Scientific Use Files for waves 3 and 4 is currently in preparation. The datasets will be published via AUSSDA in the course of 2026, making them available to the national and international research community for further analysis.
The study series has been conducted since 2022 on behalf of RTR – Rundfunk und Telekom-Regulierungs-GmbH and makes an important contribution to monitoring digital skills, digital participation and resilience to disinformation in Austria. It is carried out in cooperation with JKU, the University of Salzburg and the market research institute Marketagent GmbH (fieldwork).