Negative Effects Of Technology On The Arts [CHART]

Chart - Negative Effects Of Technology On The Arts

The majority of arts organizations surveyed also thought that mobile devices, ringing cell phones and texting create “significant disruptions” to live performances, and that technology contributes to an expectation that “all digital content should be free.” Survey respondents were split regarding their opinions of whether technology had negatively impacted audience attention spans for live performance, but they uniformly disagree that it has “diluted the arts” by opening new pathways to arts participation and arts criticism. Read the rest at Pew Internet & American Life.