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Crowdfunding in the Czech republic and its utilizationin the transforming music industry
Kounovský, Josef ; Švelch, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
Bibliografický záznam KOUNOVSKÝ, Josef. Crowdfunding v českém prostředí a jeho využití v proměňujícím se hudebním průmyslu. Praha, 2014. 94 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky. Katedra mediálních studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. Abstract This thesis addresses the issue of crowdfunding in the Czech Republic and its utilization in the changing music industry. It focuses on the specifics that the local version of crowdfunding brings with itself and the motivation of musicians to use this not very familiar method of financing. At the same time, the thesis also puts crowdfunding in the context of today's music culture and points out the mechanics behind crowdfunding that make it successful abroad. The thesis briefly outlines the changes in the music industry, which occur with the development of new media. The research part of the thesis provides a qualitative analysis of five crowdfunding campaigns that took place since autumn 2013 to the present day. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews with project creators. The analysis shows that the Czech crowdfunding is still in its infancy and can not yet be seen as a full-fledged local version of crowdfunding as we know from abroad. The major differences can...
Factors of Success of a Crowdfunding Campaign within Scope of the Czech Internet
Pekárek, Jan ; Kubálková, Markéta (advisor) ; Topolová, Ivana (referee)
Crowdfunding is a way of financing a project when money is raised from a large number of small contributors. The main objective of this thesis is to identify key contributing factors of success of a crowdfunding campaign based on statistical analysis of projects on HitHit.cz. As a further contribution, this thesis aims to provide recommendations on how to create a successful crowdfunding campaign, as well as to review characteristics associated with the biggest crowdfunding portals in the USA and Czech Republic.

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