Citizen Science, online identities and maximising Twitter: highlights from the Market Research Society's Connected World.
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Citizen Science: Gaming for good
Crowdsourcing isn't just about raising money or trawling for ideas. Speaking at the Market Research Society's Connected World event, held in central London in July 2014, Amy Carton, Citizen Science programme lead manager, discussed her work with Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Citizen Scienceharnesses the power of the crowd to advance scientific research and help solve research problems in a time-efficient way. A survey conducted by CRUK found that people have an appetite to help a...