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Social Media as a Platform for a Citizen Science Community of Practice

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 3 (2018): Issue 1
By: Andrea Liberatore,  Erin Bowkett,  Catriona J. MacLeod,  Eric Spurr and  Nancy Longnecker  
Open Access
|Mar 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.108 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 28, 2017
Accepted on: Dec 8, 2017
Published on: Mar 20, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Social media,
citizen science,
community of practice,
New Zealand Garden Bird Survey,
bird monitoring,
Facebook

© 2018 Andrea Liberatore, Erin Bowkett, Catriona J. MacLeod, Eric Spurr, Nancy Longnecker, published by Ubiquity Press
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