From the course: The Data Science of Media and Entertainment with Barton Poulson

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Evaluation and accountability

Evaluation and accountability

From the course: The Data Science of Media and Entertainment with Barton Poulson

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Evaluation and accountability

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- [Instructor] People may spend a lot of time trying to answer the philosophical question what is art? But for art organizations it can be even more vexing to answer the question what is success in art? That may be easy if you are a for profit business and arts and entertainment is really just a medium for making profits. But it's harder if you're a non-profit art for art's sake organization. But the question is still important because there is the issue of accountability. Most arts organizations are supported by grants from government organizations and from large funding organizations and they want to know how well things are going. Specifically, funders want to maximize the impact. They want to know that the money that they're spending is accomplishing something worthwhile. They can use this information as a basis for allocating resources to different organizations and to different art mediums. And then finally, evaluation can be used by the organizations themselves as a tool for…

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