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headlines disguise a mixed picture between art forms and formatsThe fact that ‘the share of non-highbrow art coverage slowly increases at the cost of highbrow coverage’ turns out to be ‘linked to the decline of the live event’ and the ‘rise of the commercially distributed cultural product’. So highbrow arts which were live and without capture or sale through a product saw a relative decline of coverage in the papers. Coverage of literary fiction actually grew slightly, whereas theatre coverage underwent a ‘consistent decline’.

and more sustainable and networked communities, which in turn make a place desirable to live in.
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The authors note that they are looking at impacts on neighbourhoods, and they cannot say whether increased affluence is as a result of poorer people being displaced by richer people, or poorer people becoming more affluent.

and socio-economic), more women than men received arts lessons in childhood. In adulthood they continued to participate more in these cultural events.Highbrow cultural activities encompassed a range of activitiesIt included attending a classical concert, attending an opera, attending a live play, attending a dance performance (modern dance and ballet), attending a jazz performance, and visiting an art museum.The research was based on data from the Survey of Public Participation in the ArtsThe

This research was conducted by Eva M. Reussner at Deakin University, AustraliaSummaryThis paper took a critical look at how strategic management might be applied to the running of museums. By applying this technique from outside the non-profit world, museums can create greater value for their visitors whilst expanding their visitor numbers. In this approach, audience research and evaluation take on increased importance in the successful running of the organisation.Strategic management is more

This research was conducted by Joshua Edelman and Maja Šorli at the University of London, UK and the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Findings from a study conducted in 2014 indicate that subsidised performances were considered more challenging than commercial performances. Amateur performances were rated of lower quality but participants praised the effort that was put into them and considered them good ‘value for money’. Subsidised performances led audience members to use their

This research was conducted by Adam Behr, Matt Brennan and Martin Cloonan at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, UK
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This paper examined how various people (particularly concert-goers) articulate the value of live music. The paper looked specifically at six concerts across a range of genres at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh: a 900 seat venue (in a converted church) putting on 200 live music events a year. It has a mix of income from public and commercial sources

This section collates research that asks questions about how people interact with culture in the digital realm. This is a relatively new area of research, which explains why this is a relatively small section in CultureCase. More studies should emerge in the coming year, especially given the work occurring through the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.
The summaries in this category are:

This research was conducted by Nicholas Carah and five others at the University of Queensland and three other institutions, AustraliaSummaryThis research examined live music venues in Fortitude Valley, an inner-city neighbourhood in Brisbane, Australia. The neighbourhood has undergone rapid change, from a diverse mix of venues and live music experiences, to a more commercialised generic offer of a venue-club-bar experience based around excessive or premium alcohol consumption. This attracts

This research was conducted by Jennifer Rusted, Linda Sheppard and Diane Waller at the University of Sussex, the University of Sheffield and Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
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This paper reports an experiment designed to test the effectiveness of art therapy on older people with dementia. The study took place in Sussex, UK. The sessions involved a mix of drawing, painting, collage and sculpting. The study found that art therapy provided long-term benefits to the patient’s

This research was conducted by Calogero Guccio, Domenico Lisi, Marco Martorana and Anna Mignos at the University of Catania, ItalySummaryThis paper looks at the relationship between levels of cultural engagement and the performance of tourist destinations in Italy. It found that the regions with higher levels of cultural activity also had the most ‘efficient’ tourism sectors. The overall explanation for the results was that a vibrant cultural offering brings people to an area, gets visitors to