Cultural economics, the internet and participation

Authors: Handke, C., Stepan, P. and Towse, R.

Pages: 295-310

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09096-2_20

Abstract:

Digitization and the Internet have affected the arts, heritage organizations and cultural industries along with other information services. Digital information and communication technologies (ICT) have altered the consumption of and participation in a range of creative goods and services, including the live performing arts, recorded music, film and cultural heritage. This chapter looks at some of the changes that have recently come about due to digitization and at the analysis of them by economists, and invokes key concepts in cultural economics to understand the meaning of these trends.

Source: Scopus