Media portrayal of illness-related medical crowdfunding: A content analysis of newspaper articles in the United States and Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical crowdfunding is a growing phenomenon, and newspapers are publishing on the topic. This research analyzed how illness-related crowdfunding and crowdfunding campaigns have recently been represented in newspapers that are popular in the United States and Canada.

Methods

A sample of 336 articles about medical crowdfunding published during the two year time period from October 7, 2015 to October 6, 2017 was produced using a Factiva search of the English language newspapers with the largest Canadian and United States readership. A coding frame was developed for and applied to the sample to analyze content.

Results

Articles portrayed crowdfunding campaigns positively (43.75%) and neutrally (47.92%), but rarely negatively (4.76%). Articles mostly mentioned

SUBMITTER: Murdoch B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478318 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature