Bring them aboard: Rewarding participation in technology-mediated citizen science projects
Bring them aboard: Rewarding participation in technology-mediated citizen science projects
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.017
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Giustiniano, Luca
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作者：
Cappa, Francesco;Laut, Jeffrey;Giustiniano, Luca
公民科学让公众参与与专业科学家合作开展的研究活动。在这些项目中，公民通过收集和分析大型数据集，自愿为科学家提出的研究目标做出贡献，而不需要初步的技术背景。虽然信息技术的进步促进了公众通过在线平台参与公民科学，但由于参与有限，一些项目仍然失败。本文探讨了使用选定的奖励机制，积极影响参与和动机，以促进技术为中介的公民科学项目的可行性。更具体地说，我们报告的货币和公共在线确认奖励的影响的实证研究结果。调查指数和脑电图测量协同结合，为分析公民的动机提供全面的基础。我们的研究结果表明，这两种奖励机制可以拥挤的参与者在技术为媒介的公民科学项目。通过这项研究，我们寻求为私人集体研究模式奠定基础，重点是加强参与以技术为媒介的公民科学项目。
Citizen science involves the general public in research activities that are conducted in collaboration with professional scientists. In these projects, citizens voluntarily contribute to the research aims set forward by the scientists through the collection and analysis of large datasets, without a preliminary technical background required. While advancements in information technology have facilitated the involvement of the general public in citizen science through online platforms, several projects still fail due to limited participation. This paper investigates the feasibility of using selected reward mechanisms to positively influence participation and motivations to contribute in a technology-mediated citizen science project. More specifically, we report the results of an empirical study on the effects of monetary and public online acknowledgement rewards. Survey indices and electroencephalographic measurements are synergistically integrated to offer a comprehensive basis for the analysis of citizens' motivations. Our results suggest that both reward mechanisms could crowd-in participants in technology-mediated citizen science projects. With this study, we seek to lay the foundations for a private collective research model, where the focus is the intensification of participation in technology-mediated citizen science projects.