How crowdfunding discourse threatens public arts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daren C Brabham (University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 983-999 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461444815625946 |
| OpenAlex | W2280425982 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 10 |
Crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, have been the focus of considerable popular press news coverage in the past few years, with stories emphasizing how crowdfunding can bring indie creative projects into being through monetary contributions from several individuals online. As a method for financing small or risky artistic products unlikely to receive mainstream corporate or government support, crowdfunding has been celebrated in press coverage for “democratizing” the arts funding process. However, these same celebratory claims about crowdfunding giving everyday people a voice in bringing art into fruition eerily echo arguments in the United States by conservative groups to de-fund public arts programs. The very language crowdfunding proponents use may well fuel politicians hoping to unravel public arts funding. This article presents a critical discourse analysis of news coverage about crowdfunding, analyzing the similarities between pro-crowdfunding sentiments and anti-public arts funding advocates. An uncritical embrace of an Internet trend may threaten public funding for the arts by aligning with neoliberal ideological language
Government (linguistics · Indie film · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · The Internet · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance · Law
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Loyal to the concept or to the platform? The complexity of the dual loyalty of crowdfunding backers
From friendfunding to crowdfunding
Arts and culture in an era of austerity
Le jeu dans tous ses espaces
Crowdfunding Music and the Democratization of Economic and Social Capital
Sharing the Stage
Getting the crowd to care
| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |