Facebook as a Catalyst for Beneficial Participation in Culture

The article considers how Facebook service impacts its users’ patterns of experiencing and cocreating culture. The discussion is based on the results of the 2010 research regarding Facebook activity of Warsaw cultural institutions conducted by the authors. The text attempts to answer the question whether Facebook has a positive effect on the cultural life of a specific local community and whether Facebook activity can be interpreted as beneficial participation in culture, as defined by Andrzej Tyszka.