Museums in the New Mediascape

Transmedia, Participation, Ethics

Jenny Kidd (Cardiff University, UK)

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Routledge
03 September 2014

Library, archive & information management; Storage, maintenance & preservation of collections; Museums & museology

Series: Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities

The museum today faces complex questions of definition, representation, ethics, aspiration and economic survival.

Alongside this we see burgeoning use of an array of new media including increasingly dynamic web portals and content, digital archives, social networks, blogs and online games.

At the heart of this are changes to the idea of ’visitor’ and ’audience’ and their participation and representation in the new cultural sphere.

This insightful book unpacks a number of contradictions that help to frame and articulate digital media work in the museum and questions what constitutes authentic participation.

Based on original empirical research and a range of case studies the author explores questions about the museum as media from a number of different disciplines and shows that across museums and the study of them, the cultural logic is changing.

By: Jenny Kidd (Cardiff University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781409442998
ISBN 10: 1409442993
Series: Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 03 September 2014
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jenny Kidd is Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. She is co-editor of 'Performing Heritage' (with Anthony Jackson, 2010) and 'Challenging History in the Museum' (with Sam Cairns, Alex Drago, Amy Ryall and Miranda Stearn, 2014). Jenny has published widely on museums, new media and participatory practices.

Reviews for Museums in the New Mediascape: Transmedia, Participation, Ethics

'Bolstering her arguments by robust and refined empirical analyses, Kidd brings the notion of museums as media into the 21st century.' Kirsten Drotner, University of Southern Denmark 'This is an important contribution to debates around museums today, and a book that consistently asks intelligent and challenging questions of museum critics, practitioners and audiences...' LSE Review of Books