ASA Unscientific Survey of Member Interests

On the ASA web site, members are asked a few questions about their priorities and interests in ASA and aesthetics. The survey is utterly unscientific and should be taken with a grain of salt. Here are results as of December 1, 2022:

ASA MEMBERSHIP PRIORITIES
Members were asked to select no more than four

• 77% Subscription to the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
•  64% Professional support for the specialty of aesthetics
• 56% Eligibility for presentations at the ASA Annual Meeting
• 46% Eligibility for presentations at ASA Divisions Meetings
• 44% Eligibility for ASA Prizes and Fellowships
• 28% Subscription to the ASA Newsletter
• 21% Eligibility for application for an ASA Grant
• 13% Discounts for books and journals at Oxford University Press
• 10% Eligibility to serve as officer, trustee, or editor of ASA
•  8%  Eligibility to vote on ASA Officers and Trustees

GREATEST INTERESTS IN AESTHETICS
Members were asked to select no more than four

• 64% Philosophy of Art (analytic)
• 46% Art Criticism
• 44% Philosophy of Art (continental)
• 38% Art History
• 37% Art Practice
• 28% Empirical Aesthetics
• 19% Sociology of Art
• 19% Art Education
• 12% Art Anthropology

ART FORMS OF GREATEST INTEREST
Members were asked to select no more than four

• 77% Visual Art
• 54% Literature
• 47% Film
• 32% Music-Classical
• 28% Photography
• 25% Performance Art
• 21% Music-Pop
• 20% Theater
• 10% Dance-classical
• 5% Dance-pop