讲座地点：南开大学商学院A501-2
主持人：南开大学商学院市场营销系 杜建刚教授
主讲嘉宾及讲座内容介绍：
主讲嘉宾简介：
Lei Su is an Associate Professor of Marketing in City University of Hong Kong. She holds a Ph.D. in marketing from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a M.S. from Tsinghua University, and a B.S. from China Agricultural University. Her research interests include consumer judgement and decision making, digital communication, scheduling style, social and socioeconomic influence. Her research has appeared in various leading marketing journals, such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Consumer Psychology. Prior to entering academia, she worked as Research and Analytics Director in Starcom Mediavest Group, and Associate Brand Manager in Procter & Gamble.
讲座内容简介：
Title:How Linguistic Framing Influences Responses to Crowdfunding Appeals
This research uses a crowdfunding context to examine when and why a simple difference in frame—using “want” versus “need” in the request—affects funders’ compliance with an appeal for contributions. Building on the semantic framing and psycholinguistics literature, we propose that using “want” versus “need” signals that the fundraiser is a less versus more dependent person. This perception difference then exerts opposing effects for the two major forms of crowdfunding appeals. For reward-based appeals, in which the fundraisers promise a return on contribution, funders have an incentive-seeking goal and are more willing to contribute to a less dependent fundraiser. In contrast, for donation-based appeals, in which no incentives are promised by the fundraisers, funders are primarily motivated by a helping goal, and are more willing to contribute to a fundraiser who is perceived to be a more dependent person. Therefore, we predict that a “want” (“need”) frame is more effective in reward-based (donation-based) crowdfunding. Results from large-scale field studies and lab experiments provide support for our predictions and also illuminate the underlying mechanisms. Collectively, the obtained findings contribute to the literature on semantic framing and crowdfunding, and also offer practical implications for fundraisers, marketers, and policy makers.
