Effect of Street Performance (Busking) on the Environmental Perception of Public Space.

ABSTRACT: This is the first experimental study testing the effect of street performance (aka busking) on the subjective environmental perception of public space. It is generally believed that street performance can enhance people's experience of public space, but studies advocating such a view have not used a control group to explicitly verify the effect of street performance. In response to this methodological limitation, we conducted two studies using experimental design. Study 1 (N = 748) was an online computer-based study where research participants evaluated the extent to which the presence vs. absence of street performance could change their perception of public space. Study 2 (N = 162) was a between-group quasi-experiment in an actual public space where people physically present

SUBMITTER: Ho R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042224 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature