Crowdfunding Journalism:the Change ofNews Production Power Structure

ZENG Qingxiang, WANG Chaohui

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11) : 81-92.

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11) : 81-92.

Crowdfunding Journalism:the Change ofNews Production Power Structure

  • Zeng Qingxiang is a professor at the School of Journalism, Communication University of China. Email:zeng9qingxiang@aliyun.com. Wang Chaohui is a Master degree candidate at the School of Journalism, Communication University of China. Email: wangchaohui1991@163.com. This article is a part of project ‘News Narrative Study in the Context of New Media’(Project number: 14BXW004), supported by China National Social Science Fund.
Author information +
History +

Abstract

Crowdfunding journalism is a novel model of journalism in which journalists rely on micropayments from ordinary people to finance their reporting. This paper shows a brief introduction of crowdfunding journalism and summarizes its production mechanism. Through the successful cases ,this paper analyses how the crowdfunding journalism reconstructs the news production power on politics、economy、audience and its organization and reveals the nature of sociology of news production.

Key words

crowdfounding journalism / news production / power structure

Cite this article

Download Citations
ZENG Qingxiang, WANG Chaohui. Crowdfunding Journalism:the Change ofNews Production Power Structure[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(11): 81-92

Funding

This article is a part of project ‘News Narrative Study in the Context of New Media’(Project number: 14BXW004), supported by China National Social Science Fund.

Accesses

Citation

Detail

Sections
Recommended

/