Whether Live or Online, Participation is Unequal
Exploring Inequality in the Cultural Participation Patterns in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4950003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria Ateca-Amestoy (0000-0002-5648-4863, Departamento de Análisis Económico, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain), Juan Prieto-Rodriguez (0000-0001-9163-3011, Universidad de Oviedo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1476-1495 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642231177655 |
| OpenAlex | W4380568944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 25 |
Cultural participation is an individual activity with relevant social dimensions. Democratic societies are concerned about the representation of social groups in cultural audiences and promote policies to increase participation focusing on planning aspects, such as in creative placemaking, or educational policies and social interventions targeted at some underrepresented social groups. Using the data derived from the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts from the United States, we estimate generalized entropy indexes to explore the more relevant dimensions to explain divides in cultural participation across the U.S. adult population, considering geographical and sociodemographic variables. Cultural engagement is characterized by the participation by highbrow, lowbrow, passive, active, live, and digital activities. Overall, we find that spatial and racial characteristics are not the most relevant, while education appears to be the most important source to explain access inequality. The pattern of digital participation is remarkably similar to the pattern of physical participation, thus showing some evidence that the divide and stratification of cultural practices in the real world translates to digital practices
Democracy · Highbrow · Inequality · Political science · Public relations · Social engagement · Social inequality · Social science · Social stratification · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |