This research was conducted by Meg Elkins and Tim R. L. Fry at RMIT University, Australia
This paper looks at how buskers and street performers can use a digital platform to attract donations for their work. This is increasingly important as digital transactions are replacing the exchange of paper money …
This research was conducted by Jari Salo, Mikko Lankinen and Matti Mäntymäki at the University of Oulu and University of Turku, Finland
By talking to music executives and music fans in Finland this study found five motives for using social media to connect with artists and other fans: accessing content, …
This research was conducted by Deborah Agostino at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
This study looked at tweets associated with a 2015 run of performances of Aida at La Scala in Milan. It extracted and downloaded all the tweets in English and Italian that mentioned the name of the …
This research was conducted by Angela Besana and Annamaria Esposito at IULM University, Italy
This paper describes how 'marketing and fundraising impact the economic performances of American symphony orchestras and opera houses’. Specifically, it looked at the way that the organisations make use of social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and …
This research was conducted by Michela Arnaboldi and Melisa L. Diaz Lema at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy
This paper explores the potential for social media to democratise access and increase participation with museums. The study looked at the Facebook posts of nine Italian archaeological museums over the course of …
This research was conducted by Frances J. Griffith and three others at Bowling Green State University, USA
Instagram is a popular social networking site which has revolutionised the way that artists express themselves and connect with audiences. Although the platform is mainly about the sharing of images, each post can …
This research was conducted by Billur Aslan Ozgul and three others at Brunel University London and three other institutions
This paper is based on a study of the global Twitter campaign to promote the British Council’s Shakespeare Lives programme. It analysed a corpus of 4,722 tweets in five languages to …
This research was conducted by Joachim Vlieghe, Kris Rutten and Jaël Muls at Ghent University and the University of Brussels, Belgium
This paper looks at how readers participate in literary culture through social media. Researchers looked at the website and Facebook group of the Flemish reading initiative Iedereenleest.be (EverybodyReads.be), and …