Activating social strategies: Face-to-face interaction in technology-mediated citizen science

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 374-384

  Cappa, Francesco ^a,b,c   Laut, Jeffrey ^a   Nov, Oded ^a   Giustiniano, Luca ^b   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Crowd involvement; Environmental monitoring; Face to face interaction; Motivations; Social strategy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; CROWD INVOLVEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; GENERAL PUBLICS; PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SCIENCE PROJECTS; SOCIAL STRATEGY;

MOTIVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SCIENTIST; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SCIENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84982743937     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.092     Document Type: Article

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