YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Creativity and culture  293 ums, and concerts (r = 0.13; p <0.01). Virtual visits to galleries, museums, and concerts are also significantly related to two forms of “live” cultural consumption, i.e. visiting cultural sites (r = 0.31; p <0.01) and visiting cinemas, theatres and concerts (r = 0, 24; p <0.01). The more often young people attend virtual tours of galleries, museums, and concerts, the more often they also attend cultural sites and events in live form. Mihelj et al. (2019) state similarly and point out that online cultural consump- tion (virtual tours of galleries and museums) acts as a supplement to live visits and not as a substitute for them. Encouragingly, our survey data shows that online visits to galleries, mu- seums, and concerts, as opposed to the usual (live) cultural consump- tion, is not associated with young people’s cultural capital or the educa- tion. In this sense, online cultural programmes do not increase social inequalities between online users. On the other hand, it equally enables access and participation in cultural life for those young people who would not otherwise participate in live forms for various reasons. Young people who are more involved in online consumption are also more likely to visit cultural sites and events in live form. Online cultural participation is emerging as a potentially effective mechanism for reducing social inequalities among young people, as, unlike live cultural participation, it is not associated with the cultural capital of the young person’s primary family.