Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access (SIA Only)
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art Business
First Advisor
Paul Melton
Abstract
Social media allows for quick dissemination of information, making it an extremely efficient self promotion tool for artists. The ability to create user generated content online has shaped artistic practices in the digital age, and social media has altered the structure of the art market. Allowing for new ways of showcasing and selling work online, artists have been able to capitalize on the corporatization of the internet by promoting their work on their own social media channels. With artists creating art in a social media age, such collective notions of value, economic success and critical success have developed to incorporate fame as a type of social capital. Through a series of case studies that focus on three artist’s digital presence, this thesis looks at the impact social media has had on generating an artist’s success.
Recommended Citation
Rutledge, Victoria, "Marketing Artists in the Digital Age" (2018). MA Theses. 41.
https://digitalcommons.sia.edu/stu_theses/41