{"title":"Crowd science and science skepticism","authors":"O. A. Acar","doi":"10.1177/26339137231176480","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Science skepticism is widespread and on the rise. It is a strong threat to public well-being and global sustainability. In this paper, I argue that crowd science is a promising and underutilized tool to fight this threat. Drawing on recent behavioral research in marketing, I identify several positive psychological consequences of crowd science initiatives—both for the participants and observers of these initiatives—which could in turn promote stronger trust in science.","PeriodicalId":93948,"journal":{"name":"Collective intelligence","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Collective intelligence","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/26339137231176480","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Science skepticism is widespread and on the rise. It is a strong threat to public well-being and global sustainability. In this paper, I argue that crowd science is a promising and underutilized tool to fight this threat. Drawing on recent behavioral research in marketing, I identify several positive psychological consequences of crowd science initiatives—both for the participants and observers of these initiatives—which could in turn promote stronger trust in science.