An investigation of player motivations in Eyewire, a gamified citizen science project

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Highlights：

• A study to investigate player participation in the citizen science game, Eyewire.

• A platform survey was conducted to elicit why and how they engage with Eyewire.

• Four themes identified as core intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of participation.

• Findings used to form a framework for designing volunteer citizen science projects.

摘要

•A study to investigate player participation in the citizen science game, Eyewire.•A platform survey was conducted to elicit why and how they engage with Eyewire.•Four themes identified as core intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of participation.•Findings used to form a framework for designing volunteer citizen science projects.

论文关键词：Citizen science,Player motivations,Gamification,Crowdsourcing

论文评审过程：Received 28 June 2016, Revised 9 December 2016, Accepted 28 December 2016, Available online 3 January 2017, Version of Record 11 April 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.074