Les bases de données historiques : L'expérience canadienne depuis quinze ans | Historical Databases : The Canadian Experience Since Fifteen Years

Les textes que voici sont ceux des cinq participants à la Table ronde sur les bases de données (systèmes de gestion organisés et structurés) qui s’est tenue à Windsor (Ontario) lors de la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada, en 1988. Après l’introduction de José E. Igartua, animateur de la Table ronde, on trouvera successivement des présentations par Gérard Bouchard et Hubert Charbonneau de deux expériences fondées essentiellement sur l'état civil et la démographie; puis les contributions de David Gagan et de Gordon Darroch, qui témoignent, de leur côté, d’enquêtes sociales s'appuyant sur les recensements; et, finalement, les réflexions de Chad Gaffield sur un programme d'histoire régionale globale, globalité que l’on retrouve du reste dans le projet régional que dirige Bouchard. Mais tandis que les quatre premiers participants font état de l’expérience que leur procure leur base de données, Gaffield met davantage l’accent sur les potentialités d’une telle expérience que sur l’acquis. The following papers were presented at the Rnund Table on Historical Databases (Management Systems) held in Windsor, Ontario, as part of the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, in 1988. After an introduction by Jose E. lgartua, organizer and president of the Round Table, papers are presented by Gérard Bouchard and Hubert Charbonneau, who have worked extensively with demographic data from church records; by David Gagan and Gordon Darroch, who have pursued questions of social history in manuscript census returns; and by Chad Gaffield, who has contributed to a regional history project based on a theory of global access (a characteristic related to Bouchard's own regional project). While the first four papers offer reflections based on previous experience, Gaffield's discussion focuses on the larger potential of computerization for historical research in the Information Age

Identificación con los personajes y disfrute ante largometrajes de ficción. Una investigación empírica

La investigación sobre entretenimiento mediático ha teorizado que uno de los principales factores explicativos del disfrute de los formatos narrativos es la identificación con los personajes. Sin embargo es escasa la investigación empírica al respecto. Se presentan los resultados de una investigación cuantitativa en la que se entrevistó a 300 sujetos, a la salida de las salas de cine en las que se exhibían los largometrajes Mar adentro, El lobo y Bridget Jones: sobreviviré. Los resultados indican que la identificación con los personajes era el primer factor explicativo del disfrute, especialmente entre los espectadores de Mar adentro

La difusión del patrimonio a través de internet. El caso de Castilla y León

We present the results of a content analysis on the approach that gives the diffusion of Castile and Leon’s heritage through the websites of its major municipalities. Data collection was conducted in the period from 25 February to 16 March 2010, having analyzed a total of 131 websites.Presentamos los resultados de un análisis de contenido sobre el enfoque que se le otorga a la difusión del patrimonio de Castilla y León por medio de los sitios web de sus principales municipios. La recogida de datos transcurrió desde el 25 de febrero hasta el 16 de marzo de 2010, habiéndose analizado un total de 131 sitios web

A study of the relationship between parental mediation and adolescents’ digital skills, online risks and online opportunities

[EN]In recent years, discussions have sparked about the risks and opportunities that digital technologies may have for adolescents. Some researchers argue that the best way to increase online opportunities and avoid online risks is to increase adolescents' digital skills. For this reason, the first goal of this study was to examine how adolescents' digital skills are related to their online opportunities and online risks behaviours. A second goal was to examine the influence of two ways of parental mediation (active and restrictive) on the level of teenagers’ digital skills, and subsequently their online opportunities and online risks. Finally, we intended to establish the validity and the structure of the Digital Literacy Scale. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of 1.446 Spanish secondary school pupils, we found that more digitally skilled adolescents take more opportunities, and experience more risks. Digital literacy mediates the relationship between restrictive (but not of active) parental mediation and online risks and opportunities. Furthermore, the Digital Literacy Scale was shown to be valid in terms of construct validity. The findings suggest that digital literacy remains essential as it lets teenagers take more opportunities, and that parents should opt for other ways of mediation rather than restrictive mediation