Monday, January 07, 2013

ART BEAT - Using Digital Technologies

"How Are Arts Organizations Using Digital Technologies?" by Jeffrey Brown and Tom LeGro, PBS Newshour 1/4/2013

Excerpt

Have you ever live-tweeted during a classical music performance? Used a museum's mobile app? "Liked" a cultural event on Facebook? Done a yarn bombing?

A new study, "Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies," published Friday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, looks at the ways in which cultural organizations -- theater companies, orchestras, museums -- are using the Internet, social media and mobile apps to grow, promote and enrich the things they do.

The survey, taken by 1,244 arts organizations that have received funding by the National Endowment for the Arts, examined everything from budget demands and staffing to live-tweeting events and cell phone interruptions.

Earlier Friday, Jeffrey Brown talked to Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project, about the findings.

You can read the study here: Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies.

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