Online citizen science projects : an exploration of motivation, contribution and participation
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.................................................................................................................................. i Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................. ii Index of Tables ....................................................................................................................... x Index of Figures ..................................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview and development of online citizen science ................................................. 1 1.2 The impact of digital and communication technologies on citizen science ................ 3 1.3 The rise of online citizen science ................................................................................. 5 1.4 Gaps in our understanding of online citizen science projects ..................................... 8 1.5 Organisation of the thesis .......................................................................................... 12 Chapter 2: Review of the Literature ..................................................................................... 15 2.
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