Art as a pathway to impact

Understanding the affective experience of public engagement with film

Bibliographic Data

ID3266151
AuthorsD Langdridge (0000-0001-9319-9802, The Open University, corresponding author), J Gabb (0000-0002-5366-5300, The Open University), J Lawson (0000-0002-2651-4048, University of Bristol)
Year2019
Volume67
Issue3
Pages585-601
Publication date2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038026118822822
OpenAlexW2903116282
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited37

The need for social as well as academic impact in social science research is now well established. Art is increasingly being explored as a means of generating social impact, most commonly as a way to engage publics with research findings, but to date with little exploration of the process of engagement itself. In this study, we set out to explore the power of art to engage the public. We do this by examining the 'affective' experience of engagement through a qualitative investigation using one-to-one interviews and a modified visual matrix exercise. In this article we report on the findings from our analysis of the affective experience of watching a film series, and through this discuss the use of film to communicate research findings and value of a novel qualitative psychosocial methodology for exploring the process of public engagement

Political science · Power (physics) · Process (computing) · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Public engagement · Public relations · Qualitative research · Set (abstract data type) · Social engagement · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Media Influence and Health · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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