The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms
The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms
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DOI：
10.1890/110294
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Crowston, Kevin
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作者：
Newman, Greg;Wiggins, Andrea;Crowston, Kevin
公民科学在科学和教育之间建立了联系，当与新兴技术相结合时，扩大了生态研究和公众参与的前沿。利用代表性技术和其他例子，我们从研究过程、项目和参与者文化以及科学社区等方面考察了公民科学的未来。未来的公民科学项目可能会受到与新技术相关的社会文化问题的影响，并将继续面临实际的规划挑战。我们预见网络、开放科学和在线计算机/视频游戏的使用将成为吸引非传统受众的重要工具，并提供建议，帮助项目经理为即将到来的挑战做好准备。一个更正式的公民科学企业，包括网络化组织、协会、期刊和网络基础设施，将推动包括生态学在内的科学研究和进一步的公共教育。
Citizen science creates a nexus between science and education that, when coupled with emerging technologies, expands the frontiers of ecological research and public engagement. Using representative technologies and other examples, we examine the future of citizen science in terms of its research processes, program and participant cultures, and scientific communities. Future citizen-science projects will likely be influenced by sociocultural issues related to new technologies and will continue to face practical programmatic challenges. We foresee networked, open science and the use of online computer/video gaming as important tools to engage non-traditional audiences, and offer recommendations to help prepare project managers for impending challenges. A more formalized citizen-science enterprise, complete with networked organizations, associations, journals, and cyberinfrastructure, will advance scientific research, including ecology, and further public education.