Abstract:
This research is a qualitative study aimed at 1) studying and analyzing the narration of creative economy communicated by governmental organization in Thailand; 2) studying and analyzing the creation of message as appeared in a variety of media selected by the organization and 3) building a model for the message creation of the governmental organization in order to support the creative economy in Thailand. The study is planned to uncover elements of the narration as well as its contents shown in any media that are appropriate to be used to uphold the creative economy concept. The governmental organizations participating in this study are those under the supervision of the Office of Knowledge Management namely Thailand Knowledge Park Office, Thailand Creative & Design Center, and National Discovery Museum Institute. The study was conducted by analyzing the interview of 7 persons that are either Director or those who are responsible for the message contents of the organization with concepts, elements, and narration assessment. The message contents appeared in different media used by the organization i.e. spaces, exhibitions, websites, activities, and magazines published or held during May 2010-April 2011 under the concept of 4 Constructive Capitals were also analyzed. The study confirms that each organization retains elements of narration i.e. characters, theme, narrator, scene, incident, audience as well as logical and temporal relationship that are inherently diverse pertaining to their roles and commitments. This results in a discrepancy of narration, and is deprived of a clear direction that is sufficient to promote understanding in creative economy. Meanwhile, when considering messages contents shown in each kind of media by emphasizing on the 4 Creative Capitals i.e. human capital, social capital, cultural capital, and structural capital, every organization mainly focuses on one content namely human capital due to its role as a learning center. Messages contents of other capital categories are diverse in accordance with each organizations specific identity. The Thailand Knowledge Park Office underlines the social capital related matters while Thailand Creative & Design Center, and National Discovery Museum Institute lay emphasis on structural capital, and cultural capital respectively. Nevertheless, once being considered each category of media separately, activity related media reflects social capital the most at the same time as exhibition and space related media reflect cultural capital the most, and website and magazine related media reflect structural capital the most at the same time as a model for the message creation supporting the creative economy concept through narration concept is conducted from an integration of governmental, private, and public sectors containing the elements of narration and messages contents that echoes the unified 4 constructive capitals.