The Role of the Expert Author in Media Coverage of Art

Section: Sociology of Journalism

The article analyzes the role and status of experts publishing materials about art in the media, and also it consideres a range of problems associated with their activities in this area. The most complex and controversial problems of presenting works of art in the media are reported from the point of view of their creators, journalists, theoretical specialists, museum workers, art experts. The results of the analysis of a series of semi-structured interviews with representatives of the above-mentioned groups allow us to assert that the primary problems are the objectivity of materials of cultural topics and the expression of personal experts’ opinions in the media. In addition, we can conclude that the difficulties of modern art journalism are associated with several aspects: the level of education and professionalism of different types of attracted authors; the expansion of the audience with different requirements and very diverse levels of awareness of art issues; the influence of external facts on the work of authors (an abundance of various information, lack of time to immerse themselves in the topic and prepare high-quality materials).

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To cite this article: Poklonskaya A. V. (2024) Rol’’ avtora-eksperta v osveshchenii iskusstva v smi [The role of the expert author in media coverage of art]. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika 4: 24–48. DOI: 10.30547/vestnik. journ.4.2024.2448