Examining the role of narratives in civic crowdfunding: linguistic style and message substance

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作者
Lee, Chang Heon [1 ]
Bian, Yiyang [2 ]
Karaouzene, Rajaa [3 ]
Suleiman, Nasreen [3 ]
机构
[1] United Arab Emirates Univ, Dept Business Adm, Coll Business & Econ, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates
[2] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Informat Syst, Coll Business, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] United Arab Emirates Univ, Coll Business & Econ, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates
关键词
Persuasion; Elaboration likelihood model; Linguistic style; LIWC; Civic crowdfunding; ELABORATION LIKELIHOOD MODEL; LANGUAGE USE; PERSUASION; WORDS; TELL; INVESTMENT; THINKING; TRUST; MONEY; POWER;
D O I
10.1108/IMDS-08-2018-0370
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how linguistic style and message substance influence persuasion in civic crowdfunding marketplaces in which written narrative pitch become a vital communication to attract private contributions to public goods and services. Drawing on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), the authors operationalize the linguistic style of the narrative pitch as language power and message substance as issue-relevant argument quality. In this paper, the authors examine how characteristics of both style and message are related to the outcome of civic crowdfunded projects. Design/methodology/approach The data on civic crowdfunding projects were retrieved from Spacehive, the platform that dedicated mainly to civic projects ranging from community programs, social-oriented enterprises, to infrastructure or facility development. Each of the narrative samples is analyzed using a computerized text analysis package called the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count to extract the features of the linguistic style and message substance in the narratives. The logistic regression models are estimated to assess the impact of both linguistic style and message substance on crowdfunding decisions. Findings The results show that funding outcomes can be improved with psychological language dimensions (i.e. positive affective and perceptual language). However, extensive use of social language does not help project creators to increase their chance of funding performance; but instead, such language reduces the likelihood of project success. Additionally, message substance or issue-relevant information such as money and risk language influences funding outcome. Originality/value Very few empirical studies investigated the differential effects of language style and message substance on funding performance of crowdfunding campaigns. The authors draw upon the dual process of persuasion as a theoretical base to identify a comprehensive set of linguistic style and message substance and to examine the role of such features in an emerging civic crowdfunding market. This study advances the application of the dual process in ELM by identifying and examining distinct persuasive cues originating from linguistics styles and message contents.
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页码:1492 / 1514
页数:23
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