The “Great Lockdown” and cultural consumption in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21579095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hasan Bakhshi (0000-0002-0643-9925, Nesta, corresponding author), Salvatore Di Novo (0000-0002-5027-9076, Nesta, corresponding author), Giorgio Fazio (0000-0001-7655-7436, Nesta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 555-587 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cultural Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2545 • E-ISSN: 1573-6997 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10824-022-09463-6 |
| PMID | 38625308 |
| OpenAlex | W4309179912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
In this paper, we exploit a unique weekly longitudinal survey of adults in the UK purposefully collected to study consumption choices with respect to cultural content types during the first Covid-19 national lockdown (the “Great Lockdown”). We look for changes in the probability of consuming different cultural and creative types of content (Music, Movies, TV, Games, Books, Magazines and Audiobooks), as well as changes in the overall variety of consumption. We find that changes in consumption depend on the type of content. In particular, other things being equal, the likelihood of listening to Music and playing Games went up and the likelihood of reading Books went down. We find little statistically significant evidence of changes in the probability of consumption of the other types of content. We find that, while on average individuals increased the variety of their consumption, the statistical significance of this increase varied depending on the socio-demographic and economic characteristic of interest. In particular, we find evidence of an increase in the variety of consumption for those at the bottom of the distribution of socio-economic status, which speaks to the importance of access to culture and creativity during lockdown for this specific social class
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |