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| Title |
Culture is digital: Cultural participation, diversity and the digital divide
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|---|---|
| Published in |
New Media & Society, January 2019
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| DOI | 10.1177/1461444818822816 |
| Authors |
Sabina Mihelj, Adrian Leguina, John Downey |
| Abstract |
Digital media are seen as important instruments of increasing participation and diversity in arts and culture. To examine whether this view is justified, this article draws on two bodies of research that have hitherto remained disconnected: research on cultural participation, and research on the digital divide. Building on these insights, the article examines the Taking Part Survey data on digital media and cultural participation in the UK between 2005/06 and 2015/16, focusing on museums and galleries. While the results confirm that digital media provide an important means of engaging new audiences, they also show that the engagement with museums and galleries both on- and off-line remains deeply unequal. Most worryingly, the gaps between the haves and the have nots are even wider on-line than in the case of physical visits. Rather than helping increase the diversity of audiences, online access seems to reproduce, if not enlarge, existing inequalities. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 121 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 46 | 38% |
| United States | 11 | 9% |
| Germany | 6 | 5% |
| Australia | 6 | 5% |
| Italy | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Argentina | 2 | 2% |
| Denmark | 2 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 36 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 92 | 76% |
| Scientists | 24 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 5 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 261 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 261 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 9% |
| Researcher | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 16% |
| Unknown | 108 | 41% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 57 | 22% |
| Arts and Humanities | 30 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 21 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 4% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 22 | 8% |
| Unknown | 116 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 86. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2021.
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#502,767
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#133
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#11,399
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#8
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