Online Crowdfunding Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019

Rajwa, Paweł; Hopen, Philip; Lin, Min; Paradysz, Andrzej; Wojnarowicz, Jakub; Gross, Cary P.; Leapman, Michael

doi:10.1007/s11606-020-05896-x

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“…This shows the reactionary crowdfunding response of Canadians as it became clear that COVID-19 was to become a serious societal crisis, and how digital donation-based crowdfunding acted as a primary medium for Canadians to manage the crisis, whether by donating, or by campaigning for themselves or on behalf of others. Similar trends were seen in American crowdfunding, where creation of COVID-19 related campaigns coincided temporally with increases in detected COVID-19 cases [ 20 ].…”

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“…This method of data collection has previously been used to target and gather campaigns raising money for a specific purpose, which are then quantitatively analyzed to examine the qualities of these campaigns. For example, Duynhoven et al used scraped campaigns to analyze the spatial trends in Canadian crowdfunding campaigns for cancer [ 15 ], and more recently scraped campaigns have been used to examine the quantitative trends of crowdfunding for COVID-19 at large [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns

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Online charitable crowdfunding has become an increasingly prevalent way for Canadians to deal with costs that they would otherwise not be able to shoulder on their own. With the onset of COVID-19 and related lockdown measures, there is evidence of a surge in crowdfunding use relating to the pandemic. This study gathered, classified, and analysed Canadian crowdfunding campaigns created in response to COVID-19 from GoFundMe.com, a popular crowdfunding platform. Spatio-temporal analysis of classified campaigns allowed for observation of emergent trends in the distribution of pandemic-related need incidence and financial support throughout the pandemic. Campaigns raising money on behalf of established charities were the most common in the sample, and accounted for the greatest portion of funding raised, while campaigns for businesses made up a small proportion. Dense metropolitan areas accounted for the vast majority of campaign locations, and total sample funding was disproportionately raised by campaigners in Ontario and British Columbia.

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Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns

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“…At the initial peak of the pandemic, there was a global shortage of PPE. In a recent study evaluating crowdfunding during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the European campaigns were fundraising for hospitals and medical supplies, as there were severe shortages of PPE and other medical equipment [ 15 ]. Two months after the outbreak in Poland, more than 1 in 5 responders still indicated that their main worksite did not provide sufficient PPE.…”

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How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Polish urologists? Results from a national survey

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Zapała

et al. 2020

Cent european J Urol

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Introduction Poland was initially less affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, however, severe restrictions, and health care restructuration have impacted all areas of medicine, including urology. Therefore, we aimed, via an online survey, to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Polish urologists and urology residents. Material and methods Between May 15 and June 6, 2020, 229 (28.63% response rate) urologists and urology residents responded to a 28-question online survey. The questionnaire analyzed basic demographic and professional characteristics, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physicians' everyday work, mental status as well as private life. We further compared the differences between the selected subgroups. Results Nearly all (96.5%) responders claimed that the pandemic had a moderate to high impact on their everyday clinical practice with the majority of the residents (62.0%) believing that the COVID-19 pandemic will harm their training. Most responders (86.9%) reported over 25% declines in outpatient clinic consultations and 55.9% claimed that their income dropped over 25%. Only 38.9% wanted telemedicine to permanently replace some of the consultations after the pandemic, with residents being significantly more positive about this modality (51.4% vs. 33.1%; p = 0.01). Interestingly, 79.9% noticed the negative psychological effect of the pandemic on their colleagues, and 57.6% felt increased anxiety, sadness, or stress. Conclusions This study revealed the complaints and needs of Polish urologists and urology residents after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a significantly negative impact on their work, mental health, and private life.

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“…It seems reasonable that this scenario could have induced a general discontent, which, in turn, may affect the tendency to help each other. To deal with the consequences of COVID‐19, an increasing number of fundraisings were created (Rajwa et al, 2020 ). Thus, in the unusual circumstances of the pandemic, it is meaningful to understand if societal discontent can influence the willingness to help others, particularly those who suffer physically and/or economically from coronavirus.…”

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‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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Mula

Baldner

et al. 2021

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. Consequently, many countries have adopted restrictive measures that caused a substantial change in society. Within this framework, it is reasonable to suppose that a sentiment of societal discontent, defined as generalized concern about the precarious state of society, has arisen. Literature shows that collectively experienced situations can motivate people to help each other. Since societal discontent is conceptualized as a collective phenomenon, we argue that it could influence intention to help others, particularly those who suffer from coronavirus. Thus, in the present study, we aimed (a) to explore the relationship between societal discontent and intention to help at the individual level and (b) to investigate a possible moderating effect of societal discontent at the country level on this relationship. To fulfil our purposes, we used data collected in 42 countries ( N = 61,734) from the PsyCorona Survey, a cross‐national longitudinal study. Results of multilevel analysis showed that, when societal discontent is experienced by the entire community, individuals dissatisfied with society are more prone to help others. Testing the model with longitudinal data ( N = 3,817) confirmed our results. Implications for those findings are discussed in relation to crisis management. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement .

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Online Crowdfunding Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019

Cited by 29 publications

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Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns

Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Polish urologists? Results from a national survey

‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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