TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lucy Bennett
AU  - Bertha Chin
AU  - Bethan Jones
PY  - 2014
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453915462
TI  - Crowdfunding the Future
T2  - Media Industries, Ethics, and Digital Society
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1546-2
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051562
N2  - The concept of crowdfunding, where grassroots creative projects are funded by the masses through websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, has been steadily gaining attention over the last few years. Crowdfunding the Future undertakes a dynamic interdisciplinary approach to the examination of the new, and growing, phenomenon of crowdfunding and its encompassment of digital society and media industries. The book offers a wide range of perspectives and empirical research, providing analyses of crowdfunded projects, the interaction between producers and audiences, and the role that websites such as Kickstarter play in discussions around fan agency and exploitation, as well as the ethics of crowdfunding. With a series of chapters covering a global range of disciplines and topics, this volume offers a comprehensive overview on crowdfunding, examining and unraveling the international debates around this increasingly popular practice. The book is suitable for courses covering media studies, fandom, digital media, sociology, film production, anthropology, audience, and cultural studies.
KW  - Web 2.0, online communities, backers, indiegogo, Kickstarter
LA  - English
ER  -