The use of digital media is relatively high among Norwegians and high-speed internet connections are available all around the country. According to Statistics Norway, 98% of all Norwegians had access to the Internet at home and 96% of all Norwegians have access to a smartphone in 2021.
Since 2010, there has been a large increase in streaming of music. According to Statistics Norway, more 52 % of the population uses video-services such as YouTube during the last 24 hours.
Policy strategies to promote the implementation of new technologies in the field of art range from the general policies of utilising the potential of information technologies in public administration to specific support schemes for artistic work.
In several fields of cultural policy, support schemes are now being evaluated and restructured aiming to adopt new technologies. This includes both support for music, film, literature and media. The overall aim of new support schemes is to make them independent of format.
One such development is the inclusion of e-books in the purchasing scheme for literature. There is also an ongoing debate on whether e-books shall benefit from an exemptions from outgoing VAT.
Both in museums and archives there has been conducted several large projects on digitalization. The (Norwegian) Digital Archives and Digital Museum are examples of such.
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