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Motivation to Participate in an Online Citizen Science Game: A Study of Foldit

Vickie Curtis [email protected]View all authors and affiliations
Volume 37, Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547015609322

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Online citizen science projects have the potential to engage thousands of participants with scientific research. A small number of projects such as Foldit use an online computer game format. Motivation to participate in Foldit was investigated in a group of 37 players using an online survey, semistructured interviews, and participant observation. Results suggest that contributing to scientific research and an interest in science were among the most important motivations for participation. Interaction with others within the community of participants and the intellectual challenge of the game were also key for the continuing involvement of this group of regular contributors.

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Vickie Curtis is the public engagement manager at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology based at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD research focused on patterns of participation and motivation in online citizen science projects, and was carried out at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University in the United Kingdom.

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Volume 37, Issue 6
Pages: 723 - 746
Article first published online: October 16, 2015
Issue published: December 2015

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  1. online citizen science
  2. motivation
  3. computer games
  4. Foldit

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