Online citizen science and the widening of academia: distributed engagement with research and knowledge production
In: Palgrave studies in alternative education
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Distributed Approaches to Making Science -- The Impact of Digital and Communication Technologies on Citizen Science -- The Rise of Online Citizen Science -- Who, How, and Why? -- Using Case Studies to Explore Online Citizen Science -- Scope of the Book -- References -- 2: Exploring Online Citizen Science in Depth: A Tale of Three Projects -- Why These Projects? -- Folding@home (http://folding.stanford.edu/) -- 'Overclockers' and Hardware Enthusiasts -- Planet Hunters (https://www.planethunters.org) -- Foldit (www.fold.it) -- References -- 3: Who Takes Part in Online Citizen Science? -- What We Currently Know About Participants -- New Data from the Case Studies -- Foldit Players -- Folding@home Participants -- Planet Hunters Participants -- The Appeal of Online Citizen Science -- Are These Projects for Me? -- Democratising Science -- References -- 4: Motivation for Participation: From General Volunteerism to Online Citizen Science -- Motivation and Volunteerism -- Motivation and Other Types of Activity -- Motivation and Commons-Based Peer Production -- Motivation to Participate in Contributory Ecology-Based Citizen Science -- Previous Research Exploring Motivation and Online Citizen Science -- References -- 5: A Closer Look at Motivation: Citizens and Scientists -- Exploring Motivations Through Participant-Observation -- Feedback from the Online Surveys -- Interview Feedback -- Models of Motivation -- The Motivations of Project Scientists and Developers -- Balancing Motivations and Research Objectives -- References -- 6: Divisions of Labour: Patterns of Participation and Contribution -- Previous Work -- Patterns of Participation in Foldit, Folding@home and Planet Hunters -- Modelling Contribution: Reader-to-Leader and Beyond.