title: The utilization of websites for fundraising by NCI-designated cancer centers: Examining the capacity for dialogic communication with prospective donors.
abstract: The study employs a dialogic public relations framework to explore the utilization of the Internet for fundraising by nonprofit health care organizations-specifically, NCI-designated cancer centers. Cancer centers have been noted for effective websites and for being highly engaged in fundraising, which is characterized as relationship marketing. Results indicate all but one cancer center use websites and social media for fundraising but are limited in capacity for two-way symmetrical dialogue. Results are discussed and recommendations are made for future research.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Political Science , Auburn University , Auburn , Alabama , USA.
authors.forename: Cathleen O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Erwin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Political Science , Auburn University , Auburn , Alabama , USA.
authors.forename: Ashley M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dias
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005653:Fund Raising; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D040541:Marketing; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.); D011446:Prospective Studies; D014481:United States
keywords: Cancer centers; Internet; fundraising; health care; public relations; websites