Citizen Science/Communicating Citizen Science

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Like all research, the value of contributions in citizen science are greatest when communicated effectively. Further, citizen science in particular stands to benefit from the opportunities and affordances of openness, both in terms of open access (broadcast) and open collaboration (feedback). Digital and network technologies, especially the web, enable many substantive opportunities to practice and communicate citizen science.

Blogging[edit | edit source]

General Science

http://scienceblogs.com/
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/
http://arstechnica.com/author/john-timmer/
http://blogs.plos.org/citizensci/

Life Sciences
http://www.xconomy.com/life-sciences/
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/mo-costandi
http://www.bamh1.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/author/maryn/
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/medicine/
http://www.upwell.us/blog
http://www.thestreet.com/topic/45381/adam-feuersteins-biotech-blog.html
http://www.genengnews.com/blog-biotech
http://lifescivc.com/
http://blogs.nature.com/tradesecrets/
http://invivoblog.blogspot.com/

Social Sciences
http://citizensocialscience.wordpress.com/

Physical Sciences
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/

Technology
http://scienceblogs.com/channel/technology/
http://io9.com/

DIY Bio[edit | edit source]

Hackteria blog & Hakcteria wiki

Articles[edit | edit source]

Projects[edit | edit source]

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1664

Zooniverse http://www.zooniverse.org

OpenScientist
http://www.openscientist.org/2013/09/announcing-new-citizen-science.html

Citizen Social Science

Wiki list of projects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citizen_science_projects

Journals[edit | edit source]

Organizations promoting open science[edit | edit source]

http://mozillascience.org/
http://software-carpentry.org/
http://science.okfn.org/

Crowdfunding[edit | edit source]

Document Writing[edit | edit source]

Collaborative Reading/Annotation

Connecting with engaged people/resources for getting started[edit | edit source]

Post to a list on http://lists.okfn.org, find help from some engaged people.

https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science (see also country-specific variations)

If local, recruit from the community.

Hacker spaces (for software): http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/

Organize/Promote through Science Hack Day.

http://scistarter.org

http://scienceonline.com #scio14 #scicomm