La imagen en el turismo urbano: revisitando el Toledo romántico

The urban image is an essential element for the cultural tourism addressed to cities. The literature has contributed to a large extent to the creation of some of these images being those provided by Romanticism among the most valuable ones. In this paper the landscape features of the romantic interpretation of Toledo are revised through the stories of travelers between 1830 and 1870. The use of these images is inserted in the current model of tourism and in the lack of authenticity of some of the proposals for the management of touristic activity.La imagen de la ciudad es un elemento fundamental para el turismo cultural dirigido a los núcleos urbanos. La literatura ha contribuido en gran medida a crear algunas de estas imágenes y las que ha proporcionado el Romanticismo figuran entre las más valiosas. En este trabajo se repasan las características paisajísticas de la interpretación romántica de Toledo a través de los relatos de viajeros entre 1830 y 1870. La utilización de estas imágenes se inserta en el modelo actual de turismo, y en la falta de autenticidad de algunas de las propuestas de gestión de la actividad turística

Proceso de simbolización del concepto de potencia : análisis de libros de texto de secundaria

En este trabajo se presenta un estudio del desarrollo del sistema de signos del concepto de potencia en los libros de texto de matemáticas de educación secundaria obligatoria. Se analiza el tratamiento que los textos promueven de los contenidos conceptuales y procedimentales asociados a la idea de potencia. Para ello se seleccionan «dominios de actividad matemática» (Mamona-Downs y Downs, 2002) que caracterizan el concepto y se relacionan con las «etapas del proceso de abstracción» asociado al desarrollo de los signos matemáticos en el sentido que propone Socas (1997). El análisis permite identificar las características del concepto y la ausencia de aspectos relevantes del signifi cado de potencia que ponen de manifiesto los libros de texto analizados

La ficció televisiva de TV3 i la identitat cultural catalana : estudi de cas de la sitcom Plats Bruts

La majoria de les recerques que s'han dut a terme sobre l'àmbit televisiu s'han dedicat a fer descripcions parcel·lades del mitjà. D'aquesta manera coneixem les rutines productives, l'estructura empresarial de les cadenes, el disseny de la programació, els resultats d'anàlisis qualitatives i quantitatives dels discursos i, en menor grau, trobem estudis sobre el consum televisiu. Aquesta divisió temàtica dels estudis, possiblement deguda a la complexitat de l'entorn televisiu, fa que comptem amb poques visions de conjunt sobre aquest mitjà. És a dir, és difícil obtenir, d'un mateix estudi, resultats que tinguin en compte els diversos processos en els quals intervé la televisió. D'altra banda, la producció cientificoacadèmica s'ha encarregat de descriure l'enginyeria i registrar les tècniques i els processos de les diverses estructures dels media, però les pistes cap a un coneixement de la recepció relacionada amb el camp de la producció i amb la cultura encara són poc intel·ligibles. Tot això constitueix el punt de partida de la tesi doctoral que ha dut a terme l'autora d'aquest article, que ens presenta una part dels seus resultats.Most research on television has focused on compartmented descriptions of the medium. So we learn about production routines, the channels' business structures, programming design, the results of qualitative and quantitative discourse analyses, and even find a few studies on television consumption. This division of studies into subjects, possibly due to the complexity of the television environment, means that we have few visions of the medium as a whole. In other words, it is hard to find results in the same study that take into account the diverse processes in which television is involved. Conversely, while scientific-academic production has described the engineering and recorded the techniques and processes of the media's different structures, little intelligible light has been shed on reception related to the production field and to culture. This is the starting point of the doctoral thesis produced by the author of this article, which presents some of its results

La contribución del humor, de la comedia de situación a la identidad cultural catalana

En este artículo exponemos los resultados de un estudio sobre la recepción del humor de una comedia de situación de producción catalana. Con este trabajo, intentamos entender cuáles son las representaciones sociales y culturales que la audiencia reconoce en el humor como propias y cercanas a su contexto y cuáles rechaza. Dicho conocimiento nos permite identificar las filias y fobias que los sujetos expresan sobre el humor de una comedia. La metodología que nos permite realizar este análisis es la cualitativa. Este artículo revalida la idea de que el humor está determinado por categorías sociales y culturales. En este sentido, destacamos el papel fundamental del humor como un dispositivo que genera, dinamiza, refuerza, patrones de identificación y/o rechazo. El humor sirve para crear lazos tanto de cercanía como de lejanía y se convierte en una especie de gestor cultural que genera propuestas de sentido. Nuestro objetivo final es animar al diseño de investigaciones, dentro del ámbito comunicacional español, que tengan como objeto de estudio el consumo, uso y apropiación del humor en los contenidosIn this article, we intend to set out the results of a study on how humour is received in a locally produced situation comedy. Through this work, we have been trying to understand what social and cultural representations would be recognised by the audience in the show as accurate reflections of themselves and their cultural and social context, as well as which they would reject. In order to carry out this analysis we have used qualitative methodology; intending, through discussion groups, to understand the consumption of humour in a sitcom produced by a television station serving the autonomous region of Catalonia. This article ratifies the idea that humour is determined socially and culturally; knowledge which allows us to identify the philias and phobias which the subjects expressed with regards to humour in sitcoms. We outline the fundamental role that humour plays as a device that generates, invigorates, reinforces and/or discards elements associated with identity. Humour is used to create social connections as well as social divisions, becoming a kind of cultural mediator that generates suggestions for meaning. Our final aim is to encourage further research, within the communications area, which would have as its object the consumption, use and appropriation of the humour present in media content

El consumo femenino de la imagen de la mujer en la publicidad : el sexismo en las campañas

This article presents the results of research into the perceptions and attitudes of women with regard to gender representations in advertising discourse. This study is part of a research project begun in 2005 on the subject of the consumption of the image of women in advertising and the media carried out by the Catalan Institute of Women (ICD) of the Catalan regional government, the Generalitat. From a qualitative perspective, results are obtained about the significance that women assign to gender representations. The recipients' evaluation and conceptualization of advertising and sexism demonstrate that a number of stereotypes that continue to exist in the media are distant from social reality

Inspection Digital Literacy for School Improvement

Educational inspection, as an essential part of the current educational environment, supports its mission through more pragmatic and comprehensive processes, techniques, and models, which guarantee the right of students to quality education. The aim of the present study was to determine the causal effect of gender and age on the dimensions of the instrument in the inspector population. Specifically, 118 male and female inspectors from the Educational Inspection Service of Andalusia (Spain) participated, with an average age of 47.56 years ( 5.70). In terms of gender, 30 were women (25.40%) and 88 were men (74.60%). An instrument was developed specifically for this study with the purpose of assessing the participants’ opinions of the extent to which their work contributes to educational improvement. The results evidenced the relationship between the dimensions of the instrument: attention to members of the educational community (AMEC), supervision of guidance and tutorial action (SGTA), attention and inclusion of diversity (AID), and technological resources (TR) (p < 0.01). Similarly, the multigroup model obtained good structural validity ( 2 = 68.180; RMSEA = 0.078; GFI = 0.923; CFI = 0.959; IFI = 0.967). In terms of gender, no significant differences were obtained, although the results were moderately superior among males compared to females. In relation to age, younger inspectors had better TR results, and older inspectors had better AMEC and SGTA results. The conclusions strengthen the importance of the Education Inspection Service in educational establishments, highlighting the need to supervise the processes of attention and inclusion for diversity. A great deal of resistance was observed, especially as there is a lack of training in information and communication technology (ICT).Junta de Andalucía, research group No. HUM-8

Mediational effect of fairburn’s transdiagnostic mechanisms between attachment to the mother and eating disorder symptoms in a clinical sample

Objective: Research has supported a link between insecure attachment and eating disorders (EDs); however, little is known about how this influence is exerted in young female EDs patients. This study tested, for the first time, a multiple mediational model, wherein the four Fairburn’s transdiagnostic mechanisms mediated the relationship between attachment to the mother and ED symptoms. Methods: A total of 101 female young EDs patients aged 15–24 were administered the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, Eating Disorder Inventory-3 and Eating Attitudes Test-26 to assess attachment, the four transdiagnostic maintaining mechanisms and ED symptoms, respectively. Results: Comparison analyses showed that there were no significant differences between the diagnostic groups in terms of attachment and the transdiagnostic variables. Multiple mediational analyses indicated that low self-esteem and clinical perfectionism were significant mediators between insecure attachment to the mother and ED symptoms, while controlling for depressive symptoms. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the distal risk influence of insecure attachment to the mother in the development of ED symptoms might be explained by low selfesteem and high clinical perfectionism, controlling for depressive symptoms. Further investigation into the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatments targeting insecure attachment representations for young EDs patients is recommendedLC-G was supported by two grants from The Research Council of Norway, grant numbers 288083 and 301010S

The relationship between knowledge management and innovation level in Mexican SMEs: Empirical evidence

The transformation of the current society from an industry-based economy to a knowledge management and innovation-based economy is changing the design and implementation of business strategies and the nature of the competition among the organizations which are mainly small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). They struggle to survive in a market which is more demanding and competitive, so they seeknowledge management as one of the most effective strategies that may help to enable the innovation activities into the businesses. For these reasons, this research paper has as a main goal to analyze the relationship between knowledge management and innovation in Mexican SMEs. The empirical analysis used 125 manufacturing SMEs (each SME having from 20 to 250 employees) as a sample to be carried out. The obtained results indicate that knowledge management has a positive impact in products, process, and management systems innovation