Nonetheless the large body of knowledge rapidly accumulated on crowdfunding as well as
the growing relevance of this phenomenon for sustainability, there are very few studies on …

This book illuminates the racialized nature of twenty-first century Western popular culture by
exploring how discourses of race circulate in the Fantasy genre. It examines not only major …

Which novelties do donation‐and reward‐based crowdfunding bring to philanthropy?
Scholars interested in crowdfunding contributed to developing empirical explanations on …

Reports of the book's death have been greatly exaggerated. Books are flourishing in the
Internet era—widely discussed and reviewed in online readers' forums and publicized …

While research into crowdfunding in general has been steadily increasing, few studies have
looked at how requests are formulated on personal fundraising sites. Through a narrative …

Crowdfunding is a new business model in which journalists rely—and depend—on (micro-)
payments by a large number of supporters to finance their reporting. In this form of …

The rise of platforms has reshaped fan participation. Based on participant observation and in-
depth interviews, this study examined celebrity fandom in China, where the Internet …

This article introduces a new mode of patronage of the arts: crowd-patronage. In so doing
the article illustrates the plural roles of intermediaries in patronage networks which go …

Investment crowdfunding is a growing means to finance startups and small businesses,
including in the visitor economy (tourism, leisure, sports, creative media, arts, and culture) …

Cultural production in general, and music in particular, has stood at the forefront of
crowdfunding adoption (Moritz and Block 2016; Agrawal et al. 2014), with ArtistShare active …