Practical recommendations from a multi-perspective needs and challenges assessment of citizen science games.

ABSTRACT: Citizen science games are an increasingly popular form of citizen science, in which volunteer participants engage in scientific research while playing a game. Their success depends on a diverse set of stakeholders working together-scientists, volunteers, and game developers. Yet the potential needs of these stakeholder groups and their possible tensions are poorly understood. To identify these needs and possible tensions, we conducted a qualitative data analysis of two years of ethnographic research and 57 interviews with stakeholders from 10 citizen science games, following a combination of grounded theory and reflexive thematic analysis. We identify individual stakeholder needs as well as important barriers to citizen science game success. These include the ambiguous allocation of develo

SUBMITTER: Miller JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162532 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature