Crowdfunding Disinformation

We are currently awaiting results from a SSHRC funding proposal.

Collaborators: Ganaele Langlois (York U.), Sabrina Ward (Concordia U.), Fenwick McKelvey (Concordia U.), Anthony Burton (U. of Amsterdam).

Publications

McKelvey, Fen, Ganaele Langlois & Greg Elmer. (2023). “From Disinformation to Speculation: The Pitch, Playbook, and Buy-In”. The Bulletin of Technology & Public Life.

Elmer, Greg & Sabrina Ward. (2022). “Crowdfunding (as) Disinformation: ‘Pitching’ Election Fraud and 5G campaigns on GoFundMe”, Media Culture and Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221136009

Elmer, Greg & Sabrina Ward. (2021). “Political campaigns and Crowdfunding on GoFundMe”, Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol 46, Issue #4.

Elmer, Greg, Sabrina Ward & Anthony Burton. (2020) “Crowdfunding During COVID-19.” First Monday.

Elmer, Greg. (2022). “Pitching Disinformation?” Infodemic: Pen Canada Annual Report, pp. 16-17. <https://pencanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PEN-Annual-Report-2022.pdf>

Funders

Heritage Canada