How media presence triggers participation in citizen science-The case of the mosquito monitoring project 'Muckenatlas'.

ABSTRACT: Since 2012, the citizen science project 'Mückenatlas' has been supplementing the German mosquito monitoring programme with over 28,000 submissions of physical insect samples. As the factors triggering people to catch mosquitoes for science are still unknown, we analysed the influence of mass media reports on mosquito submission numbers. Based on a theoretical framework of how mass media affect citizen responsiveness, we identified five possible influencing factors related to citizen science: (i) project awareness and knowledge, (ii) attention (economy), (iii) individual characteristics of citizen scientists and targeted communication, (iv) spatial differences and varying affectedness, and (v) media landscape. Hypotheses based on these influencing factors were quantitatively and qualitative

SUBMITTER: Pernat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8853470 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature