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Galaxy Zoo: Exploring the Motivations of Citizen Science Volunteers

This is another article that explores volunteer motivations as well as map out the demographics of the volunteers. A helpful resource in determining what will encourage users to come to Ripple. I particularly like how the authors discussed the community that emerged from the Galaxy Zoo site

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Citizen Science Research Papers

This is a collection of citizen science research papers and their significance to these five points: 1. Definition of citizen science 2. Who participates in citizen science and the demographics of those participants 3. Participant’s motivation to get involved in the online sites 4. Citizen Science project best practices, what makes a good site 5. What are good rewards and motivations for users and researchers, what are the demographics of people who participate in pattern spotting type activities in areas other than citizen science

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