Chris I'm not sure about research on use for relief efforts as such. This was in reply to the earlier rquest related to fundraising: --- Steve Jones <sjones@uic.edu> wrote: <snip>
Perhaps bringing this topic a bit back into the 'usual' air-l arena, does anyone know if there has been any research on the effectiveness of online solicitations for charitable donations (whether for disaster relief or other needs), and/or comparison of them to non-internet solicitations?
Sj
Charities Aid Foundation in the UK has done some research in this area - see http://www.cafonline.org/research/default.cfm --- Christopher Helland <c_hella@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
I know that the Internet and WWW where significantly utilized for fundraising and relief efforts when the tsunami hit SE Asia. It appears that the Internet is again becoming an important tool for raising funds and distributing relief post Katrina. Is anyone aware of any research done and published on the use of the Internet for charity and relief efforts?
Tks,
Chris
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