Augmenting the agora

Media and civic engagement in museums

Bibliographic Data

ID2653728
AuthorsRikke Haller Baggesen (Royal Danish Library, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume30
Issue56
Publication date2014-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedieKultur Journal of media and communication research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0900-9671 • E-ISSN: 1901-9726
PublisherDet Kgl. Bibliotek/Royal Danish Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7146/mediekultur.v30i56.8964
OpenAlexW2165476155
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Mirroring digital culture developments in society at large, museums are increasingly incorporating social media platforms and formats into their communication practices. More than merely providing additional channels of communication, this development is invested with an understanding of social media as integral to the ongoing democratisation of the museum. The confluences of new media affordances with New Museology objectives along with the underpinning of the aforementioned understanding is discussed in this article. The article will argue that development in this area is not only driven by solid results and public demand but also by collective assumptions and associations as well as by a political need for institutions to justify their relevance in society. In conclusion, the article suggests that, while the integration of social media communication may serve to market the museum as inclusive, it may also simply pay lip service to genuine civic engagement and democratic exchanges with the public

Affordance · Agora · Civic engagement · Democracy · Democratization · Mirroring · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Literacy, Media, and Education · Museology · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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