Crowdfunding as a response to COVID-19: Increasing inequities at a time of crisis

Igra, Mark; Kenworthy, Nora; Luchsinger, Cadence; Jung, Jin-Kyu

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114105

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“…Even though as little as USD 1 is needed to participate in a crowdfunding campaign, the COVID-19 pandemic affected people's financial resources (Li and Mutchler 2020;Clark et al 2021). We argue that in the political crowdfunding context during COVID-19, financial resources will remain a significant factor, following Igra et al (2021). Based on this logic, we argue that the form of financial resources will positively influence people's intention to participate in political crowdfunding during a pandemic.…”

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U.S. Election 2020: Intentions to Participate in Political Crowdfunding during COVID-19 Pandemic

Baber

Kusumarani²,

Yang

2022

Administrative Sciences

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Participation in the political process is the fundamental right and responsibility of a citizen. Online political participation has gained popularity as it is convenient and effective. Political crowdfunding helps political candidates and parties pledge funds, usually small, from a large population and seek support through marketing campaigns during elections. In November 2020, when there were presidential elections in the US and the world was facing a global pandemic from COVID-19, political crowdfunding was a helpful method to communicate the political agenda and seek funding. The study aims to examine the intentions of US citizens to participate in political crowdfunding amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will integrate two models—the theory of planned behavior and civic voluntarism model—to check intentions and, in addition, the influence of COVID-19. The data were collected from 529 respondents from the US before the elections. The data were analyzed through a partial least squared structural equation modeling technique with SmartPLS 3.2. The results suggested that political efficacy and online community engagement have a positive influence on the intention to participate in political crowdfunding. Further, all three factors of TPB have a significant positive influence on intention. The perceived threat variable of COVID-19 does impact the attitude towards political crowdfunding. The study will be helpful for crowdfunding platforms and political contenders to examine the factors that can help them to seek maximum funds from the public and, at the same time, examine the effectiveness of their political communications.

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Section: Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 90%

U.S. Election 2020: Intentions to Participate in Political Crowdfunding during COVID-19 Pandemic

Baber

Kusumarani²,

Yang

2022

Administrative Sciences

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“…Dutta and Fischer (2021) observe that countering the COVID-19 pandemic needs to combine public health and basic social protection measures in a very short time frame and on an unprecedented scale. Igra et al (2021) add that the negative effect of activities that directly impact the mitigation of the effects of coronavirus on human health is that existing economic vulnerabilities and gaps in the social safety net have been exacerbated because government assistance has been limited, delayed, and unevenly distributed.…”

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Social (in)security – the ambivalence of villagers' perceptions during COVID-19

Kalinowski¹,

Łuczak²

2022

Problemy Polityki Społecznej

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The aim of the study is to provide a subjective assessment of security in the social dimension of rural households during the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve the objective, a four-stage primary study of households in Poland was designed and conducted. Subjective assessments of households' perceptions about social security are presented. The possibility of loss of financial stability, job loss and deterioration of the household situation was assessed. The respondents also assessed the possibility of a worsening of the

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“…She concludes that GoFundMe “alter[s] the way that our societies recognize and validate the needs of others”( Kenworthy, 2021 ). Igra et al (2021) augment a quantitative analysis of campaign success in the US with in-depth analyses of fifty successful campaigns. They identify that as many as 40% of COVID-related GoFundMe pages in the USA raised no money, and link pages with area data to argue that successful pages are disproportionately from geographical areas with high income and high levels of education.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They identify that as many as 40% of COVID-related GoFundMe pages in the USA raised no money, and link pages with area data to argue that successful pages are disproportionately from geographical areas with high income and high levels of education. They conclude that the platform “profits from a crisis it is ineffective in ameliorating” ( Igra et al, 2021 ).…”

Section: Background: Crowdfunding Charity and The Nhsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We explore the ways in which page authors expressed their understanding (and sometimes misunderstandings) of both COVID-19 and the NHS as deserving causes. We draw on recent scholarship on the “new cultural scripts” ( Igra et al, 2021 ) generated by healthcare crowdfunding, to interrogate this sudden upsurge of charitable fundraising for what is generally understood as the archetypal taxation-funded health system ( Frisina Doetter and Götze, 2011 ).…”

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Doing ‘our bit’: Solidarity, inequality, and COVID-19 crowdfunding for the UK National Health Service

Stewart¹,

Nonhebel²,

Möller³

et al. 2022

Social Science & Medicine

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Crowdfunding as a response to COVID-19: Increasing inequities at a time of crisis

Cited by 60 publications

References 26 publications

U.S. Election 2020: Intentions to Participate in Political Crowdfunding during COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Election 2020: Intentions to Participate in Political Crowdfunding during COVID-19 Pandemic

Social (in)security – the ambivalence of villagers' perceptions during COVID-19

Doing ‘our bit’: Solidarity, inequality, and COVID-19 crowdfunding for the UK National Health Service

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