Citizen Scientist or Citizen Technician: A Case Study of Communication on One Citizen Science Platform
Citizen Scientist or Citizen Technician: A Case Study of Communication on One Citizen Science Platform
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公民科学家或公民技术员：一个公民科学平台上的交流案例研究
DOI：
10.5334/cstp.261
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
M. Balgopal
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作者：
Danielle Hunter;Greg Newman;M. Balgopal
不同类型的公民科学参与可能产生不同的结果。虽然参与公民科学可以提高志愿者的科学素养，但最近的研究表明，在志愿者只贡献数据的项目中，这种情况不会发生。我们进行了内容分析CitSci.org项目描述（n = 152）沿着项目描述上发现的超链接网站（n = 23），分析志愿者任务根据认知顺序定义的布卢姆的分类法，教育框架，旨在分类个人的知识深度。我们还考虑了谁从志愿者执行的任务中受益。我们发现，大多数项目都将志愿者描述为执行（低阶）任务，并描述了对公民科学项目的好处。我们的分析表明，项目经理在有限的能力，这对志愿者的科学素养的影响描述的科学过程。也就是说，我们的研究是有限的，因为我们没有与写任务描述的项目经理确认这些发现。同样重要的是要认识到，我们的研究结果调查了单一公民科学平台上的沟通，并不能代表整个公民科学领域。然而，它是更好地了解科学家和项目经理如何沟通公民科学的第一步。
The different types of engagement in citizen science produce potentially different outcomes. Although participation in citizen science can increase volunteer scientific literacy, recent research suggests that this does not occur in projects in which volunteers only contribute data. We performed a content analysis of CitSci.org project descriptions (n = 152) along with project descriptions found on hyperlinked websites (n = 23), analyzing volunteer tasks according to cognitive order as defined by Bloom’s Taxonomy, an educational framework designed to classify an individual’s depth of knowledge. We also considered who benefits from the tasks that volunteers performed. We found that most projects described volunteers as performing (low order) tasks and described the benefits to citizen science projects. Our analysis indicates that project managers describe the scientific process in a limited capacity, which has implications for volunteer scientific literacy. That said, our study is limited in that we did not confirm the findings with project managers who wrote task descriptions. It is also important to recognize that our findings investigate communication on a single citizen science platform and are not representative of the entire field of citizen science. However, it serves as a first step to better understand how scientists and project managers communicate about citizen science.