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“The Differential Mode of Association” in Cyberspace: Sociological Research on “Crowdfunding”

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The network charity is a new form of charity rising in the network age. The charity projects implemented on the network platform show considerably different crowdfunding effect. According to the analysis of the three crowdfunding cases on the “Qingsongchou” platform, the WeChat circle is derived from the realist social circle, so the size, resources and composition of the realistic social circle of an individual will impose an impact on the WeChat circle, thus leading to the considerably different crowdfunding effect of the WeChat circle. Despite the great social significance of network crowdfunding, some groups of weak social resources are still not connected to the Internet, and special attention shall be paid to them.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See the 37th China Statistical Report on Internet Development issued by China Internet Network Information Center, http://cnnic.cn, 2016-01-22.

  2. 2.

    See the official website of “Free Lunch”: http://www.mianfeiwucan.org/

  3. 3.

    See the official website of “Free Lunch”: http://www.mianfeiwucan.org/

  4. 4.

    See the micro-charity home page of Sina MicroBlog http://gongyi.MicroBlog.com/, 2016-02-29.

  5. 5.

    See The Report of China Charity Donations 2011 issued by China Civil Charity Donation Information Center: http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/gzdt/201206/20120600327110.shtml, 2012-06-28.

  6. 6.

    Wang Tao: see people.cn: http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n/2013/0422/c210118-21228810.html, 2013-04-22 for the Right and Wrong of China Red Cross under the Public Opinions of Ya’an Earthquake.

  7. 7.

    See Hu Jixiang, Wu Yingmeng: Development and Supervision of Crowdfunding, published in Securities Market Herald, 2013 (12).

  8. 8.

    See the official website of Qingsongchou: http://www.qschou.com/

  9. 9.

    See Save the Baby Struggling with the Disease for the content of case from http://www.qschou.com/project/ffc6dc47-3178-4741-bf7a-bb66d47a3623?uuid=62e21d8e-6df2-446f-95f2-3954aabc65c7&platform=wechat&shareto=2. The words are changed slightly.

  10. 10.

    According to academic practice, all the names of characters in the cases are aliases.

  11. 11.

    See I Hope that My Father Will Be Lucky for the content of case from http://www.qschou.com/project/7f32a1a2-fa10-4056-850c-b733ba63f577?uuid=8b6ac8c1-b4e7-41f7-92f3-029a25539a9f&platform=wechat&shareto=1&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0. Words are changed slightly.

  12. 12.

    See the Donation from Kind People, One Cent is Also Love for the content of case from http://www.qschou.com/project/d23c291e-fc97-4a98-a869-fca54113ea2c?uuid=62e21d8e-6df2-446f-95f2-3954aabc65c7&platform=wechat&shareto=2. Words are changed slightly.

  13. 13.

    Fei Xiaotong: Earthbound China, page 43–44, People’s Publishing House, Beijing, 2015.

  14. 14.

    As above.

  15. 15.

    See Zhu Tian, Zhang Cheng: Concept Form and Influence An Analysis of the Circle Communication on the Internet in Contemporary China, published in Journal of Sichuan University (Section of Philosophy, Social Science) 2014 (6).

  16. 16.

    See Treating Diseases for content of case from http://www.qschou.com/project/22a40d6e-70f9-4859-be10-d8510acf30cd?uuid=0&platform=wechat&shareto=1&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

  17. 17.

    Chen Xinyu: The Daughter Is Dead Before the Donations Run Out, Stirring Up the Waves By Parents Exposing Photos While Traveling Abroad, punished in Guangzhou Daily, 2016-03-11.

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Song, J. (2020). “The Differential Mode of Association” in Cyberspace: Sociological Research on “Crowdfunding”. In: Liu, S., Wang, J. (eds) The Internet Society in China. Sociology, Media and Journalism in China. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8237-6_7

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