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Though the most popular social media are less than a decade old, they have transformed arts organizations’ outreach and engagement with their audiences. Ninety-seven percent of those surveyed here say that their organization has a profile or page on a social media site such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Flickr. In addition, 69% of these […]
Using both focus groups and a non-scientific sample of people who volunteered to participate in Pew Internet surveys, we asked library staff members from around the country about their thoughts on many of the library services discussed in this report. This section includes some of their comments on library services for parents and children, including […]
The innovations at the Deseret media properties are perhaps the most comprehensive of those studied here. The changes, begun with the arrival of CEO Clark Gilbert in 2009, included the birth of a new digital entity, re-branding the editorial product to broaden the company’s audience base and the development of a platform to bring citizens […]
The digital technology revolutions that have swept over the American population have affected arts organizations as well. Alongside advances in computing, broadband connectivity, and mobile phones has been the development of social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, photo-sharing services like Flickr and Instagram, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo, check-in apps like Foursquare, […]
All data reported here are based on a survey of a sample of arts organizations conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project from May 30–July 20, 2012. Pew Internet staff developed the 30-minute online survey to study how arts organizations are currently using the internet, social media, and other digital technologies […]
Virtually all of the participating organizations have a website, and 97% have organizational profiles on various social media sites. This section examines how arts organizations manage their internet properties, and the platforms in which they participate. Section four examines social media use in detail. Website maintenance Providing rich information about an arts organization’s projects, events, […]
Some seek counsel from fellow patients and caregivers We have been interested in the social aspect of online health resources since the very beginning of our project. In 2000, we asked people if they had emailed a doctor and if they participated in an online support group for people who shared the same health issues. […]