Participation in Citizen Science: Insights from the CONECT-e Case Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 016224392094811
Author(s):  
Petra Benyei ◽  
Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana ◽  
Laura Aceituno-Mata ◽  
Laura Calvet-Mir ◽  
María Carrascosa-García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Participation Barriers ◽  
Information And Communication

Citizen science (CS) is growing quickly, given its potential to enhance knowledge coproduction by diverse participants, generating large and global data sets. However, uneven participation in CS is still an important concern. This work aims to understand (1) participation dynamics in CS and (2) how they are shaped by participation barriers and drivers. We do so by examining participation in CONECT-e, a CS project that uses a wiki-like platform to document traditional ecological knowledge. More precisely, we analyze quantitative data on participants’ profile and activity patterns and qualitative data on barriers and drivers of participation. Our findings suggest that overcoming the education, age, and residence participation barriers is challenging even in cocreated CS projects. This is potentially due to issues of perceived self-illegitimacy and low access to information and communication technologies. Our results also point out that participants’ alliance with the project’s objectives and trust relationships with the project team are important drivers of participation in CS projects. Finally, we also highlight the need to think beyond participation as single actions and rather consider participation diversity in CS as functional diversity in ecosystems, with participants performing a diverse set of interconnected tasks or functions.

scholarly journals Shut up and take my environmental data! A study on ICT enabled citizen science practices, participation approaches and challenges

10.29007/mk4k ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Palacin-Silva ◽  
Jari Porras
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Communal Living ◽  
Civic Technology ◽  
Science Governance

Citizen Science initiatives have been around since the 20th century in numerous fields, from astronomy to health monitoring. In recent years, social changes mediated by the development of information and communication technologies have pivoted new types of civic actions, which have enabled an expansion in the breath of citizen science applications. This civic technology has become a genuine interactive and inclusive opportunity for engaging citizens in the continuous collection of data relevant to science, governance, businesses, communal living, as well as individual concerns. This article presents the practices, trends and challenges of 108 ICT enabled citizen science projects. In addition, we present a palette for participation in ICT enabled citizen science that depicts the shapes civic participation is currently taking in different contexts. We discuss the potential uses of this palette for improving the engineering of ICT citizen science platforms to better fit the needs of volunteers and build opportunities for active engagement.

Do Investments in ICT Help Economies Grow?

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-63
Author(s):  
Sergey Samoilenko
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Dominant Source ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Available Technology ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
The Impact

A common assumption behind investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) is that of the resultant improvements in productivity. To substantiate this assumption with empirical evidence in the context of transition economies (TE), the authors use time series data sets spanning the period from 1993 to 2008 to inquire into the impact of investments in telecoms on total factor productivity (TFP). Results indicate that the improvements in productivity of the most of TEs in the sample was inconsistent and not based on the increase in the levels of investments and labor. Additionally, the results of the data analysis suggest that the dominant source of growth in productivity is not static, but changes over time. While in an earlier period (1993-2002) of transition, TEs grew based on technological change, it is efficient utilization of the already available technology that became a dominant source of growth in the later (2003-2008) period of transition.

scholarly journals Application of Crowdsourcing to Generate Datasets of Public Procurement Processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 04050
Author(s):  
Andrés Rey ◽  
Luis Gomez ◽  
Angel Lozada
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Computational Techniques ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Unstructured Information

In order to fight against Corruption, there are currently laws of free access to public information that favor transparency in many countries. In this opening scenario, information and communication technologies play an important role in facilitating the delivery of information that is made available to citizens seeking to enable greater control over the actions of government and civil servants. Nevertheless, in many cases, the information provided is aimed at human reading and interpretation and it is not published in machine-processable formats, a condition that hinders automatic processing using state-of-the-art computational techniques. This article presents a new method of data collection based on Crowdsourcing that allows generating data sets of public procurement processes from the unstructured information published on the Web. The results obtained show that our method allows the generation of reliable public procurement data sets in a scalable way whose scope is limited by the availability of data and the transparency of the country.

Indymedia legacies in Brazil and Spain: the integration of technopolitical and intersectional media practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 1044-1051
Author(s):  
Luiza Aikawa ◽  
Sandra Jeppesen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Global South ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Organizational Strategies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
South Of Europe

The Indymedia network is recognized for its open-editorial platform, as well as its prefigurative combination of technological tactics and organizational strategies. In this article, we discuss the legacy of Indymedia in countries not often focalized in the network or in the scholarly literature, namely Brazil and Spain. These countries were chosen to address gaps in the literature regarding Indymedia-influenced adaptations of horizontal media practices established in peripheral spaces such as Latin America and the so-called ‘Global South of Europe’. This research is based on data sets from two empirical research projects comprised of 37 semi-structured interviews in Spain and Brazil. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and comparatively analyzed using NVivo. Media activist practices challenge the reductionist binary that situates information and communication technologies (ICTs) as either deterministically revolutionary or intrinsically complicit with capitalism. In this context, using Midia Ninja in Brazil and XNet in Spain as case studies, we argue that Indymedia has had an impact on technological innovations adopted by contemporary intersectional social movement media projects in the global south, critically analyzing ways in which media activist projects have resisted exogenous and endogenous intersectional inequalities through developing specific organizational structures and practices. We find that intersectional practices related to the anti-capitalist technopolitics of Indymedia have both shaped and been shaped by specific dimensions of digital technologies. We argue that in alternative media practices, intersectionality and anti-capitalist technopolitics have emerged together as intertwined legacies of Indymedia.

Przetwarzanie informacji i danych osobowych w rolnictwie w ramach Big Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 517-533
Author(s):  
Cezary Zapała
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Large Data Sets ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Software And Hardware

With the development of IT tools and systems, as well as the free transfer, reception, processing and collection of data, the enormous possibilities offered by the analysis of the collected data have been discovered. The agrarian industry is also under the influence of new technologies, which change the existing mechanisms. The use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) tools combined with large data sets and the possibility of creating processes and analysis of these data by appropriate software and hardware creates great opportunities for effective shaping of the agrarian industry. Processing agricultural data within Big Data is also associated with risks. The aim of the paper is to present the functioning of new technologies in agriculture, with particular emphasis on information processing in large data sets and to analyse the risks associated with the use of information and personal data in agriculture and to discuss the regulations that reduce these risks.

Analysis by Long Walk

2011 ◽  
pp. 163-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Single Method ◽  
Method Analysis

Through this chapter I make two contributions. First, I provide both conceptual guidance and practical advice for information systems (IS) scholars who are involved in multi-method research, with a particular focus on conducting multi-method analysis. Second, and as a means to achieve the first contribution, I detail some of the principal components of multi-method research. Multi-method research is based on the premise that analysis of separate and dissimilar data sets drawn on the same phenomena will provide a richer picture of the events and/or issues than will any single method. While valued by many IS scholars, multi-method-based research to study the roles of information and communication technologies (ICT) in social organization is under-explored as a set of coherent techniques.

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

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