Contours of citizen science: a vignette study
- Citizen science has expanded rapidly over the past decades. Yet, defining citizen science and its boundaries remained a challenge, and this is reflected in the literature—for example in the proliferation of typologies and definitions. There is a need for identifying areas of agreement and disagreement within the citizen science practitioners community on what should be considered as citizen science activity. This paper describes the development and results of a survey that examined this issue, through the use of vignettes—short case descriptions that describe an activity, while asking the respondents to rate the activity on a scale from ‘not citizen science’ (0%) to ‘citizen science’ (100%). The survey included 50 vignettes, of which five were developed as clear cases of not-citizen science activities, five as widely accepted citizen science activities and the others addressing 10 factors and 61 sub-factors that can lead to controversy about an activity. The survey has attracted 333 respondents, who provided over 5100 ratings. The analysis demonstrates the plurality of understanding of what citizen science is and calls for an open understanding of what activities are included in the field.
Author: | Muki Haklay, Dilek Fraisl, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Susanne Hecker, Margaret Gold, Gerid Hager, Luigi Ceccaroni, Barbara Kieslinger, Uta Wehn, Sasha Woods, Christian Nold, Bálint Balázs, Marzia Mazzonetto, Simone Rüfenacht, Lea A. Shanley, Katherin WagenknechtORCiD, Alice Motion, Andrea Sforzi, Dorte Riemenschneider, Daniel Dorler, Florian Heigl, Teresa Schaefer, Ariel Lindner, Maike Weißpflug, Monika Mačiulienė, Katrin Vohland |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-14781 |
DOI (Version of Record): | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202108 |
Parent Title (English): | Royal Society Open Science |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Hochschule Wildau |
Release Date: | 2021/08/30 |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | 8 |
Article Number: | 202108 |
Source: | Haklay Muki, Fraisl Dilek, Greshake Tzovaras Bastian, Hecker Susanne, Gold Margaret, Hager Gerid, Ceccaroni Luigi, Kieslinger Barbara, Wehn Uta, Woods Sasha, Nold Christian, Balázs Bálint, Mazzonetto Marzia, Ruefenacht Simone, Shanley Lea A., Wagenknecht Katherin, Motion Alice, Sforzi Andrea, Riemenschneider Dorte, Dorler Daniel, Heigl Florian, Schaefer Teresa, Lindner Ariel, Weißpflug Maike, Mačiulienė Monika and Vohland Katrin 2021Contours of citizen science: a vignette studyR. Soc. open sci.8202108202108 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202108 |
Faculties an central facilities: | Fachbereich Wirtschaft, Informatik, Recht |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 303 Gesellschaftliche Prozesse |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |