CHARITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF INFORMATION SOCIETY'S FORMATION

Abstract

The article explores crowdsourcing and crowdfunding - phenomena that in the era of the information society acquire a new technological dimension. The author finds out how crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are correlated, and determines the characteristics that give grounds for considering these forms of activity and charity as related. Particular attention is paid to the factors that limit the development of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding in nowadays Ukraine, and conditions that would contribute to the widespread implantation of these phenomena. The author turns to a broader context also, analyzing the barriers that charity in general faces in Ukrainian society.