Crowdfunding Science: Exigencies and Strategies in an Emerging Genre of Science Communication

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TitleCrowdfunding Science: Exigencies and Strategies in an Emerging Genre of Science Communication
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsMehlenbacher, Ashley Rose
JournalTechnical Communication Quarterly
Volume26
Issue2
Pagination127 - 144
ISSN1057-2252
Abstract

Crowdfunding is a novel mechanism for garnering monetary support from the online public, and increasingly it is being used to fund science. This article reports a small-scale study examining science-focused crowdfunding proposals from Kickstarter.com. By exploring the rhetoric of these proposals with respect to traditional grant funding proposals in the sciences, this study aims to understand how the language of science may be imported into this popular genre.

URLhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572252.2017.1287361https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10572252.2017.1287361
DOI10.1080/10572252.2017.1287361
Short TitleTechnical Communication Quarterly