Health communication
From Personal Pleas to Public Persuasion: The Role of Appeals and Channels in Driving Medical Crowdfunding Shares.
Xing Zhang, Anqi Tong, Jinhong Wu, You Wu
Published: 202510.1080/10410236.2025.2581728
Abstract
This study investigates how two types of appeals - need-oriented and bandwagon appeals - affect individuals' intention to share medical crowdfunding projects on social media. Grounded in information diffusion and self-determination theories, we propo…
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