I'm fine with collecting data: Engagement profiles differ depending on scientific activities in an online community of a citizen science project.

ABSTRACT: Digital technologies facilitate collaboration between citizens and scientists in citizen science (CS) projects. Besides the facilitation of data transmission and access, digital technologies promote novel formats for education in CS by including citizens in the process of collecting, analyzing, and discussing data. It is usually assumed that citizens profit more from CS the more they participate in the different steps of the scientific process. However, it has so far not been analyzed whether citizens actually engage in these steps. Therefore, we investigated citizens' actual engagement in different scientific steps online (i.e., data collection and data analysis) in two field studies of a CS project. We then compared them with other CS projects. We analyzed behavioral engagement patterns

SUBMITTER: Bruckermann T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9551629 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature