This section looks at how people engaging in arts and culture tend to behave as consumers: how they make decisions about ticket purchases, how they may be encouraged to spend more, how they interact with one another, and how they use cultural spaces.
The summaries in this category are:
This research was conducted by Andrea Baldin and three others at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
This paper looked at five years of box office data from Denmark to suggest a set of strategies for theatre managers to maximise attendance and revenue. These twin …
This research was conducted by Mikhail Sokolov at the European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
One of the aims of Soviet public policy was to reduce (even eliminate) the cultural distinctions between classes and professional groups by making the population more professionalised. This did not occur. During Perestrioka, when …
This research was conducted by Mikhail Sokolov and Nadezhda Sokolova at European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia
This paper examined data from public libraries in St Petersburg, Russia, to identify whether or not an ‘omnivorous’ reading habit is only associated with people in elite or privileged status groups. The researchers …
This research was conducted by Javier Gardeazabal and Eduardo Polo‐Muro at University of the Basque Country, Spain
This paper explores the impact of unemployment on household spending on culture (specifically cinema and performing arts, museums and other exhibits, and books). The research found that when someone became unemployed their household …
This research was conducted by Hervé Glevarec, Raphaël Nowak and Dominique Mahut at PSL Research University Paris, France and Griffith University, Australia
This paper examines at the relationship between age cohorts and music taste by analysing data from French surveys over the span of four decades. As in previous research, …
This research was conducted by Priscilla Adipa at International University of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire
This paper examined how ‘talking events’ (formal programmes such as exhibition openings and artist talks) affect people’s engagement with art. It found that talking events ‘draw people into art spaces and prolong their interactions with the …
This research was conducted by Steven Caldwell Brown and Don Knox at the University of Edinburgh and Glasgow Caledonian University
This research used an online survey of 249 people to uncover four main reasons why people attend pop concerts: they seek experience, engagement with others, to hear something novel and …
This research was conducted by Marine Le Gall-Ely and four others at four different research centres in France
This paper explores the perception of audiences in relation to museum entrance fees. The data consists of individual interviews, focus groups, observations and a survey of almost 600 people in different parts …
This research was conducted by Harold E. Cuffe at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand
This study analysed the effect of rain on museum attendance. Morning rain increases visitor numbers in the mornings to a significant degree, while afternoon rain has less of an impact on visitors. By using data collected …
This research was conducted by Pieter de Rooij and Marcel Bastiaansten at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.
This study sought to understand and categorise the reasons why people visit performing arts events, as well as develop a way to measure these motivations. In-depth interviews were conducted …