Museums in the new mediascape: transmedia, participation, ethics

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