Monitoring the results of implementation of cultural policy instruments in the field of cultural awareness of citizens of the Slovak Republic

The project Monitoring was run on the initiative of the Government Office of the Slovak Republic and namely the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. Its objective was to determine the impact of cultural policy tools on the formation of the population's cultural awareness. Initially, the monitoring was supposed to run twice a year (in the first and second half of 2005). However, it had run only once a year since 2006, namely in 2006, 2007, and 2008. The survey objective in 2007 was to map the year-on-year change in the population's cultural awareness while focusing on people's awareness of the level of support provided to the culture by the state. The survey studied people's relationship to individual art types, how much they spend on art (the cost of attending cultural events - concerts, theatrical or film performances, going to museums and galleries, folk events, fees for following public service media, purchase or renting of DVDs, CDs, fiction books, academic literature and magazines on culture) and their sources of information on cultural events, programs and publications (friends, media, banners, posters, the internet, etc.). For each art type and cultural activity (music, theatre, film, museums, galleries, folk events, public service radio and television, literature, magazines on culture), the survey examined the following: the frequency of attending cultural events, availability of such events, personal assessment of the variety of cultural products in Slovakia as such and in particular regions, personal assessment of the artistic level of given events, affordability of such events, personal assessment of the level of interest the state shows in developing individual art types and culture and personal assessment of the degree of state funding or subsidization for individual cultural products and events. Respondents' favorite concerts, films, theatrical performances, folk performances, books, radio and television programs as well as their expectations i.e., what they would like to see, attend, listen to, read, etc. were ranked in a list based on their answers to open questions. The survey also reviewed the overall level of interest or lack of interest in cultural events and aimed to identify obstacles preventing the respondent from being interested in culture (financial reasons, lack of time, lack of information, unsatisfactory offer, unavailability, the state of respondent's health, lack of interest, etc.). The survey was conducted via a network of interviewers on a sample of 1439 respondents using the quota characteristics of gender, age, education, nationality, region, the size of the settlement, economic status, and net monthly income of all household members combined as well as on average per household member.

本监测项目由斯洛伐克共和国政府办公厅及斯洛伐克共和国文化部牵头发起，核心目标为探究文化政策工具对民众文化意识养成的影响。该项目原计划每年开展两次（分别于2005年上下半年进行），但自2006年起改为每年一次，分别在2006、2007及2008年实施。2007年的调查目标为梳理民众文化意识的年度变化情况，重点关注民众对国家文化扶持力度的认知水平。本次调查涵盖民众与各类艺术形式的关联、艺术消费支出情况（包括参与文化活动的成本：如音乐会、戏剧或电影演出、博物馆与美术馆参观、民俗活动费用、公共服务媒体订阅费、DVD/CD购买或租赁费用、虚构类书籍、学术文献及文化类杂志的开支），以及民众获取文化活动、节目与出版物信息的渠道（如亲友、媒体、横幅、海报、互联网等）。针对每一类艺术形式与文化活动（音乐、戏剧、电影、博物馆、美术馆、民俗活动、公共服务广播电视、文学作品及文化类杂志），本次调查共涵盖以下维度：文化活动参与频率、活动可及性、民众对斯洛伐克全国及特定地区文化产品丰富度的个人评价、对相关活动艺术水准的个人评价、活动价格可负担性、对国家扶持各类艺术形式与文化发展的重视程度的个人评价，以及对国家为各类文化产品与活动提供资金或补贴力度的个人评价。基于受访者对开放式问题的作答，调查对其最喜爱的音乐会、电影、戏剧演出、民俗表演、书籍、广播电视节目，以及其期望观看、参与、聆听、阅读等文化内容进行了排序。本次调查同时评估了民众对文化活动的整体兴趣程度，并旨在梳理阻碍受访者关注文化领域的各类因素（如经济原因、时间匮乏、信息不足、文化供给不佳、活动不可及、受访者健康状况、缺乏兴趣等）。本次调查通过访员网络开展，共收集1439份有效样本，抽样配额覆盖性别、年龄、受教育程度、国籍、地区、定居点规模、经济状况，以及全体家庭成员的月度总收入与家庭人均月度净收入。