Examining the Influence of Citizen Science Participation on Individual Volunteers in the Global South: A Case Study of Hydrologic Monitors in Veracruz, Mexico

Autor/inn/en	Shinbrot, Xoco A.; Jones, Kelly W.; Solomon, Jennifer; Escobedo, Miriam Ramos
Titel	Examining the Influence of Citizen Science Participation on Individual Volunteers in the Global South: A Case Study of Hydrologic Monitors in Veracruz, Mexico
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 53 (2022) 1, S.6-21 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shinbrot, Xoco A.) ORCID (Jones, Kelly W.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2021.1984193
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizen Participation; Scientific Research; Volunteers; Knowledge Level; Self Efficacy; Attitudes; Conservation (Environment); Activism; Identification (Psychology); Natural Resources; Water; Ecology; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Freiwilliger; Wissensbasis; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Wasser; Ökologie; Mexiko
Abstract	Citizen science is increasingly popular for educating and engaging the public, but few studies test how to achieve individual outcomes including knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, particularly in the Global South. We operationalize the citizen science participation-behavior model for a hydrologic monitoring program in Mexico to evaluate how citizen science participation influences these outcomes. Volunteers were surveyed before, two weeks, and six months after the training, and semi-structured interviews were conducted six months post-training with volunteers and dropouts. While surveys showed that participation had limited impacts on knowledge, retrospective interviews revealed self-described differences in volunteer and dropout environmental identity, self-efficacy, and view of citizen science as a conservation activity. Results show participation spurred volunteers to engage in some activist behaviors. The study provides important evidence concerning the influence of citizen science participation in the Global South on behavioral outcomes and helps inform how to design and implement future citizen science programs. (As Provided).
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