Enhancing Participatory Culture by using New Media to Preserve Local Culture in Museum Mpu Tantular East Java

Participatory culture becomes one of the central issues
in the emerging of new media. New media provides space for
audience to interact and produce the content of media. In a view
of social engagement, participatory culture would increase the
engagement. When people have a role in a particular context,
they would engage more. In a context of preserving local culture
at Mpu Tantular Museum, the use of new media (CD Interaktif)
would enhance participatory culture from the visitors. As shown
in the survey result, users appraise the importance of CD
Interaktif to understand local culture. However, users
emphasized improvement on the element of learning
environment and involvement of users. By the usage of new
media, both become important to stimulate social engagement.
This paper also gives recommendation on how to preserve local
culture through new media.