英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study are as follows: (1) to understand the audiences' motivations of paintings appraisal, (2)to understand the audiences' information needs for paintings appraisal, (3)to understand the factors affecting information acquirement from the perspective of the docent, (4) to understand the information needs in terms of the different media. Based on the personal interviews with the audiences at the paintings exhibitions and with the focus groups, the following conclusion is definitely to be drawn: (1) According to their backgrounds, frequencies and motivations to the exhibitions of the paintings, the audiences are divided into three types: the expert, the mass (the common run), and the passersby. Furthermore, the audiences have far different motivations to go to the exhibitions. They are fans pursuit-oriented, social -oriented, professional development-oriented or entertainment-oriented. (2) It is confirmed that the audiences need information for paintings appraisal. Moreover, most audiences’ information needs follow the interactive model. In contrast, the-common-by audiences as well as the passersby follow the responsive model. As to the expert audiences, they prefer to search for information about the exhibitions in advance, and then they would buy manuals with more complete information about the paintings on the exhibition sites. While visiting the exhibitions, they are likely to read the manuals independently or share knowledge with one another. (3) Overall, the information needs for western paintings appraisal is generally included such focal points as description, analysis, explanation,and critique. However, there are difference among the audiences in terms of the motivations and prior knowledge. As far as Chinese paintings appraisal, except for descriptive information, the audiences need more analyses information such as techniques analyses. (4) Certain factors affecting the docent providing the appraisal information to the audiences: ages, prior knowledge, educational background, conditions of the interaction between the docent and the audiences, the restriction of the time, and the philosophy of the museum, etc. (5) Through the experiences of the interactions with the media and the way they control the media, audiences confirm that the information for paintings appraisal should be different from one media to another. |