Digital technologies and the arts
Volume 12 No 8 / January 22, 201422 January 2014
In this issue: A focus on the application of digital technologies in the arts, including reports on the use of digital technologies by arts and culture organizations, online cultural consumption by Canadians 65 and older, and trends in Canadians’ communications habits.
Resources
Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies
Arts Research MonitorBetween May and July 2012, the Pew Internet and American Life Project surveyed 1,258 arts organizations that had received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts between 2007 and 2011. The survey results cover the use, benefits, and challeng… View this resource
Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use technology
Arts Research MonitorThis survey of 891 English arts and culture organizations, conducted in the summer of 2013, examines the organizations’ digital activities, impacts of digital technologies, and the barriers to further digital utilization. This is the baseline y… View this resource
Consumption of culture by older Canadians on the Internet
Arts Research MonitorThis article, based on the 2010 General Social Survey and the 2010 Canadian Internet Use Survey, finds that there is still a substantial gap in online media consumption between younger Canadians and those 65 or older in terms of internet use, music d… View this resource
Communications Monitoring Report (2013)
Arts Research MonitorThis report highlights key statistics on communications in Canada, based on a number of different sources. In 2012, Canadian households spent an average of $185 per month on communications services, including wireline, wireless, TV, and internet comm… View this resource
Other Resources
http://hillstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ARM_vol12_no8.pdf