Arts Research Quarterly
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 3, October 21, 2021
Arts Research Quarterly is a sampler of research articles on the arts ecosystem and on the arts’ value and impact for individuals and communities, based on data housed at NADAC and elsewhere. New issues are released quarterly. Arts Research Quarterly and NADAC are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Featured Publications
Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union
From this article: In this paper, we explore the relationship between different ways of getting engaged with cultural heritage and life satisfaction. Using data from a representative sample of the population of the 28 members of the European Union in 2017 collected in the Eurobarometer 88.1 (2017…
American Perspectives on Public Funding for Artists
From this article: In light of recent attention on artists as community assets, what is current U.S. public opinion on public support for artists? After tracing the history of perceptions of public funding of artists in the U.S., we turn to the contemporary moment. Using 2017 and 2019 data from n…
- Novak-Leonard, Jennifer L., Skaggs, Rachel (2020) American Perspectives on Public Funding for Artists The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
- Zichello, Julia, Gupta, Preeti, Scott, Monique, Desai, Bella, Cohen, Ruth, Halderman, Laurie, et al. (2020) A Natural History Museum Visitor Survey of Perception, Attitude and Knowledge (PAK) of Microbes and Antibiotics PLOS ONE September
- Christopher, Elise, Daniel, Bruce (2020) Arts Credits Earned in High School and Postsecondary Enrollment: Differences by Background Characteristics National Center for Education Statistics at IES September
- Explore data related to this publication: High School Longitudinal Study, 2009-2013, United States (ICPSR 36423)
- Iyengar, Sunil (2020) But What About the Artists? Blog September
- National Endowment for the Arts (2020) Discussion of Emerging from the Cave Quick Study Podcast September
- Hipson, Will E., Mohammad, Saif M. (2020) Emotion Dynamics in Movie Dialogues PLOS ONE September 16(9): e0256153
- National Endowment for the Arts (2020) Far from Frill—Large Investments in Campus Arts Facilities May Attract Higher-Tuition Students Blog August
- Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria, Anna Villarroya, and Andreas J. Wiesand (2020) Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union Sustainability open access, August
- Novak-Leonard, Jennifer L., Skaggs, Rachel, Robinson, Megan (2020) Innovative and artistic: Conceptions of creativity among the American public Poetics
- Explore data related to this publication: Self-Perceptions of Creativity & Arts Participation, United States, 2018 (ICPSR 37853)
- McKenzie, Jordi, Crosby, Paul, Lenten, Liam J. A. (2020) It Takes Two, Baby! Feature Artist Collaborations and Streaming Demand for Music Journal of Cultural Economics September, 45, 385–408
- Campante, Filipe R., Durante, Ruben, Tesei, Andrea (2020) Media and Social Capital National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 29230, September
- Rosati, Dora P., Woolhouse, Matthew H., Bolker, Benjamin M., Earn, David J. D. (2020) Modelling Song Popularity as a Contagious Process Proceedings of the Royal Society: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477
- Grønbjerg, Kirsten A., Bhatt, Anjali (2020) Report #14, Nonprofit Paid Employment in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Report, Indiana 1995-2019 O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
- Liu , Dapeng, Courty, Pascal (2020) Some Economics of Movie Exhibition: Increasing Returns and Imax Revenue Premium Journal of Cultural Economics July
- Bone, Jessica K., Bu, Feifei, Fluharty, Meg E., Paul, Elise, Sonke, Jill K., Fancourt, Daisy (2020) Who Engages in the Arts in the United States? A Comparison of Several Types of Engagement Using Data from The General Social Survey BMC Public Health open access, July 21, (1349)
- Explore data related to this publication: General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2016 (ICPSR 37701), General Social Survey, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002 with Cultural, Information Security, and Freedom Modules [United States] (ICPSR 35536), General Social Survey, 2012 Merged Data, Including a Cultural Module [United States] (ICPSR 35478), and General Social Survey, 1972-2016 [Cumulative File] (ICPSR 36797)
- Novak-Leonard, Jennifer L., Skaggs, Rachel (2020) American Perspectives on Public Funding for Artists The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
- Zichello, Julia, Gupta, Preeti, Scott, Monique, Desai, Bella, Cohen, Ruth, Halderman, Laurie, et al. (2020) A Natural History Museum Visitor Survey of Perception, Attitude and Knowledge (PAK) of Microbes and Antibiotics PLOS ONE September
- Hipson, Will E., Mohammad, Saif M. (2020) Emotion Dynamics in Movie Dialogues PLOS ONE September 16(9): e0256153
- Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria, Anna Villarroya, and Andreas J. Wiesand (2020) Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union Sustainability open access, August
- McKenzie, Jordi, Crosby, Paul, Lenten, Liam J. A. (2020) It Takes Two, Baby! Feature Artist Collaborations and Streaming Demand for Music Journal of Cultural Economics September, 45, 385–408
- Campante, Filipe R., Durante, Ruben, Tesei, Andrea (2020) Media and Social Capital National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 29230, September
- Rosati, Dora P., Woolhouse, Matthew H., Bolker, Benjamin M., Earn, David J. D. (2020) Modelling Song Popularity as a Contagious Process Proceedings of the Royal Society: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 477
- Grønbjerg, Kirsten A., Bhatt, Anjali (2020) Report #14, Nonprofit Paid Employment in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Report, Indiana 1995-2019 O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
- Liu , Dapeng, Courty, Pascal (2020) Some Economics of Movie Exhibition: Increasing Returns and Imax Revenue Premium Journal of Cultural Economics July
- Iyengar, Sunil (2020) But What About the Artists? Blog September
- National Endowment for the Arts (2020) Discussion of Emerging from the Cave Quick Study Podcast September
- National Endowment for the Arts (2020) Far from Frill—Large Investments in Campus Arts Facilities May Attract Higher-Tuition Students Blog August
- Christopher, Elise, Daniel, Bruce (2020) Arts Credits Earned in High School and Postsecondary Enrollment: Differences by Background Characteristics National Center for Education Statistics at IES September
- Explore data related to this publication: High School Longitudinal Study, 2009-2013, United States (ICPSR 36423)
- Novak-Leonard, Jennifer L., Skaggs, Rachel, Robinson, Megan (2020) Innovative and artistic: Conceptions of creativity among the American public Poetics
- Explore data related to this publication: Self-Perceptions of Creativity & Arts Participation, United States, 2018 (ICPSR 37853)
- Bone, Jessica K., Bu, Feifei, Fluharty, Meg E., Paul, Elise, Sonke, Jill K., Fancourt, Daisy (2020) Who Engages in the Arts in the United States? A Comparison of Several Types of Engagement Using Data from The General Social Survey BMC Public Health open access, July 21, (1349)
- Explore data related to this publication: General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2016 (ICPSR 37701), General Social Survey, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002 with Cultural, Information Security, and Freedom Modules [United States] (ICPSR 35536), General Social Survey, 2012 Merged Data, Including a Cultural Module [United States] (ICPSR 35478), and General Social Survey, 1972-2016 [Cumulative File] (ICPSR 36797)