The language of “participant-driven research,”“crowdsourcing” and “citizen science” is increasingly being used to encourage the public to become involved in research ventures as both subjects and scientists. Originally, these labels were invoked by volunteer research efforts propelled by amateurs ...
First, the recent explosion of citizen science initiatives can largely be attributed to the integration of ICT into everyday life through computers, smartphones, the inter- net, and social media. This new potential for data collec- tion provided by ICT is expanding opportunities for lay ...