TV news and social audience in Europe (EU5) : on-screen and twitter strategies

Social networks have altered how viewers watch television and consume information. This new context has obliged broadcasters to adapt their practices to reach viewers in all platforms. In this article, we focus on how the evening news programmes from the general-interest DTT channels in the five main European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) appeal to their social audience. This concept, although ambiguous, refers to the activity of viewers on social networks in relation to the contents broadcast by the television industry in its multiple forms. We analyse both the screen strategies and their activity on their official Twitter accounts. Although the evening news is the anchor of the prime time and one of the main assets to instil the channels with prestige and influence, the conclusions point to a certain neglect of the social audience from the industry in these key programmes. But mostly, our research reveals how the specificities of the format and the nature of the content distinguish the evening news from other live TV show

General-television programming in Europe (UE5) : public versus commercial channels

Technological convergence has affected the media context of generalist television, modifying access and the consumption of content. The design of the scheduling of the general-interest linear television is a key element in understanding the policies that the operators follow when offering genres and formats, and in observing the similarities and differences between public and private ownership. This article analyses the television schedules of 25 generalist channels, public and commercial, operating in Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Some of the findings of this investigation show a) little diversity of genres, b) that the editorial policy of public broadcasters clearly differentiates them from private ones by prioritizing informational offerings, national fiction, and documentary info-shows, and c) strategic differences of genres by ownership in each country.El acceso y el consumo de la televisión generalista ha variado tras la convergencia tecnológica. El diseño de las programaciones de la televisión lineal generalista es clave para entender las políticas que los operadores están aplicando en la oferta de géneros y formatos, y observar las divergencias y similitudes entre cadenas de titularidad pública o privada. Este artículo analiza la oferta televisiva de 25 cadenas generalistas, públicas y privadas, que operan en Alemania, España, Francia, Italia y el Reino Unido. Algunos de los hallazgos de esta investigación muestran: a) escasa diversidad de géneros, b) la política editorial de las emisoras públicas se diferencia nítidamente de las privadas privilegiando la oferta de información, la ficción de producción nacional, y los info-shows de tipo documental, y c) apuestas de géneros diferenciadas por titularidades según los países

Beneficial effects of pharmacological treatment in post-stroke dynamic aphasia: a behavioural and neuroimaging study

Introduction : Dynamic Aphasia (DA) is a rare form of language disorder characterized by reduced spontaneous speech with preservation of other language functions. Two types of DA have been described: language-specific type (type I DA) and domain-general type (type II DA). In type I DA, deficits are selective for word and sentence generation, whereas in type II DA impairments affect discourse generation, narrative, fluency, and non-verbal generation tasks. There is little information on the treatment of DA. Although treatment with a cognitive enhancing drug (bromocriptine) improved outcome in previous studies, pharmacological interventions combining two drugs acting on other neurotransmitter systems in DA have not been reported so far. Methods : We report an open-label pharmacological single case study (n = 1) in a male patient with a chronic type I/II DA secondary to an ischemic infarction in the left fronto-opercular and insular regions. After baseline evaluation, the patient received donepezil 5 mg/day (2 months), donepezil 10 mg/day (2 months), donepezil 10 mg/day plus memantine 20 mg/day (4½ months) followed by a washout period (1½ months). No speech-language therapy was used. A comprehensive cognitive and language evaluation was carried out at baseline and at different endpoints. 18FDG-PET was performed at the four timepoints. Results : Donepezil (5 mg/day) significantly improved type I DA features (normalization of verbs generation, p = 0.01), whereas donepezil (10 mg/day) improved some type II features (normalizing spontaneous speech, verbal fluency and improving generation of novel thoughts, p = 0.004), along with improvement of executive-attentional functioning. Combined therapy further enhanced cognitive function, but did not additionally improved DA. 18 FDG-PET revealed significant reductions of perilesional hypometabolic activity mainly after donepezil (10 mg/day) and washout. Discussion : Treatment with donepezil improved language deficits in a patient with chronic post-stroke type I/II DA. Combined therapy (donepezil plus memantine) further enhanced executive-attentional functioning. Beneficial changes were associated with improvements in perilesional metabolic activity. References : Luria AR et al.Acta Neurologica et Psychiatrica (1967). Robinson G et al. Brain (1998). Keywords : Language; patients; single case study; adults; cerebrovascular; behavioural, functional imaging.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

A discrete proposal : appeals to the social networks of popular programmes in Europe

This article shows the results of an empirical research dealing with on-screen appeal strategies calling for the use of social networks during the most-watched programmes on general DTT channels in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in 2016-2017. The aim is to identify how the attention of social audiences is sought while the broadcast is taking place and what form these appeals acquire in the narrative and structure of formats. The content analysis shows the resources and strategies used, the differences according to country, channel ownership and programme genre, and the hegemonic use of hashtags and the unique strategies of info-show in commercial channels.El artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación empírica sobre las estrategias de apelación en pantalla a las redes sociales de los programas más vistos en los canales generalistas de TDT en Francia, Alemania, Italia, España y el Reino Unido en 2016-2017. El objetivo es identificar cómo se reclama la atención de las audiencias sociales en tiempo sincrónico a la emisión y qué forma adquieren en la narración y estructura de los formatos. El análisis de contenido muestra los recursos y estrategias empleadas, las diferencias según país, titularidad del canal y género programático, y el uso hegemónico del hashtag y las estrategias singulares del info-show en los canales comerciales.O artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa empírica sobre as estratégias de apelação em tela às redes sociais dos programas mais assistidos nos canais generalistas do TDT na França, Alemanha, Itália, Espanha e Reino Unido em 2016-2017. O objetivo é identificar como se exige a atenção das audiências sociais em tempo sincrônico à emissão e que forma se tornam na narração e estrutura dos formatos. A análise de conteúdo mostra os recursos e estratégias empregadas, as diferenças segundo o país, titularidade do canal e gênero programático, e o uso hegemônico da hashtag e as estratégias singulares do info-show nos canais comerciais

Estrategias de activación de la audiencia social en Twitter de los programas más populares de la televisión generalista en Europa

El objetivo principal de esta investigación se centra en la interacción de la industria televisiva en abierto con su audiencia social a través de Twitter. Con este propósito, presentamos los resultados del análisis de contenido de las cuentas oficiales de los programas de mayor audiencia de un total de 26 canales generalistas en abierto en los cinco mayores mercados europeos (Alemania, Italia, UK, Francia y España). Los tuits publicados en las cuentas de dichos programas televisivos han sido recopilados a través del API y software específico. Los objetivos del estudio se concretan en el conocimiento de las formas, contenido, estrategias de activación de la audiencia social y tipologías de las publicaciones en las cuentas de estos programas pertenecientes a los tres principales pilares de la programación televisiva (ficción, info-show e información) y también en las divergencias y similitudes que existen entre las televisiones generalistas en función del país, la titularidad de las cadenas y el género programático. De nuestros resultados se desprende un interés bajo, aunque desigual entre países, por parte de los programas más populares por interactuar con su audiencia social en Twitter.The main objective of this research focuses on the interaction between the traditional television industry with its social audience through Twitter. For this purpose, we present a content analysis of the official Twitter accounts from the programmes with the highest audience belonging to 26 open general-interest channels in the five largest European markets (Germany, Italy, UK, France and Spain). Tweets published in the official accounts of the TV programs that make our sample were collected through API access and specific software. The specific objectives of the study involve the knowledge of the forms, social tv activation strategies, content and typologies of the publications in the accounts of these programmes belonging to the three main pillars of television schedules (fiction, info-show and information) and also in the divergences and similarities that exist between the general-interest channels depending on the country, the ownership and the genre. From our results, we conclude that there is a low level of interest, albeit unequal among countries, by the most popular programmes to interact with their social audience on Twitter

La televisió

Obra col·lectiva biennal, creada per l'Institut de la Comunicació de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (InCom-UAB), l'any 2000. La quarta edició, corresponent al bienni 2005‒2006, va comptar amb el suport de la Generalitat de Catalunya, el patrocini de Gas Natural SDG; la col·laboració de la Unitat d'Investigació en Comunicació Audiovisual de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UNICA-UPF), el Grup de Recerca en Imatge, So i Síntesi (GRISS-UAB), la Diputació de Barcelona, l'Observatori de la Comunicació Lolca (OCL InCom-UAB) i el Portal de la Comunicació (InCom-UAB); i com a subscriptors institucionals el Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya, la Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió i RTVE-TVE Catalunya.En el marc del Grup d'Estudis Internacionals de Televisió (InCom-UAB), reconegut com a Grup Consolidat de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya per al període (Referència de concessió 2005 SGR 00181).En aquest capítol es traça el panorama, bastant estable, de l'oferta de televisió que reben els ciutadans que habiten a Catalunya. S'hi analitza, també, l'audiència dels operadors hertzians, amb la incorporació de les dades del Baròmetre de la Comunicació i la Cultura, que de vegades no concorden amb les dels sistemes de mesura tradicionals. I s'hi aborda, igualment, l'oferta de continguts de les diverses plataformes (terrestre, satèl·lit, cable i IPTV), bastant homogènia i dominada per la informació i la ficció

La televisión

Obra colectiva bienal, creada por el Institut de la Comunicació de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (InCom-UAB), en el año 2000. La cuarta edición, correspondiente al bienio 2005-2006, contó con el apoyo de la Generalitat de Catalunya, el patrocinio de Gas Natural SDG; la colaboración de la Unitat d'Investigació en Comunicació Audiovisual de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UNICA-UPF), el Grup de Recerca en Imatge, So i Síntesi (GRISS-UAB), la Diputació de Barcelona, el Observatori de la Comunicació Local (OCL InCom-UAB) y el Portal de la Comunicació (InCom-UAB); y como suscriptores institucionales el Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya, la Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió i RTVE-TVE Catalunya.En el marco del Grupo de Estudios Internacionales de Televisión (InCom-UAB), reconocido como Grupo Consolidado de Investigación por la Generalitat de Catalunya para el periodo 2005-2008 (Referencia de concesión 2005 SGR 00181).En el presente capítulo se describen las transformaciones en el mapa de la televisión (analógica y digital) que se recibe en Cataluña, tanto por ondas como por cable, por satélite o por IP. Asimismo, se efectúa una síntesis del panorama de la oferta de contenidos, del consumo y de la financiación de los diferentes operadore

Lysine 27 dimethylation of Drosophila linker histone dH1 contributes to heterochromatin organization independently of H3K9 methylation

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of core histones are important epigenetic determinants that correlate with functional chromatin states. However, despite multiple linker histone H1s PTMs have been identified, little is known about their genomic distribution and contribution to the epigenetic regulation of chromatin. Here, we address this question in Drosophila that encodes a single somatic linker histone, dH1. We previously reported that dH1 is dimethylated at K27 (dH1K27me2). Here, we show that dH1K27me2 is a major PTM of Drosophila heterochromatin. At mitosis, dH1K27me2 accumulates at pericentromeric heterochromatin, while, in interphase, it is also detected at intercalary heterochromatin. ChIPseq experiments show that >98% of dH1K27me2 enriched regions map to heterochromatic repetitive DNA elements, including transposable elements, simple DNA repeats and satellite DNAs. Moreover, expression of a mutated dH1K27A form, which impairs dH1K27me2, alters heterochromatin organization, upregulates expression of heterochromatic transposable elements and results in the accumulation of RNA:DNA hybrids (R-loops) in heterochromatin, without affecting H3K9 methylation and HP1a binding. The pattern of dH1K27me2 is H3K9 methylation independent, as it is equally detected in flies carrying a H3K9R mutation, and is not affected by depletion of Su(var)3–9, HP1a or Su(var)4–20. Altogether these results suggest that dH1K27me2 contributes to heterochromatin organization independently of H3K9 methylation.MICIN/AEI 10.13039/501100011033 [BFU2015-65082-P and PGC2018-094538-B-100]; ‘FEDER, una manera de hacer Europa’; Generalitat de Catalunya [SGR2014-204, SGR2017-475]; this work was carried out within the framework of the ‘Centre de Referencia en Biotecnologia’ of ` the Generalitat de Catalunya. Funding for open access charge: MINECO [PGC2018-094538-B-100]. Conflict of interest statement. None declared

La utilització dels sistemes de control electrònic monitorat a la població penada a Catalunya

http://cejfe.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/publicacions/butlleti_invesbreu/invesbreu43.pdfLa present recerca té per objecte l'estudi de la utilització dels sistemes de control electrònic monitorat a la població penada a Catalunya. L'interès en la realització d'aquest estudi deriva de la constatació, per una banda, de l'existència d'una àmplia oferta de sistemes tecnològics, en constant desenvolupament i millora, que permeten un seguiment i control dels individus en la comunitat, i per altra banda, de la progressiva incorporació d'aquestes tecnologies en la legislació penal i penitenciària.Esta investigación quiere estudiar la utilización que se ha hecho de los sistemas de control electrónico monitorado en la población penada en Catalunya. El interés por la realización de este estudio viene por la constatación que existe una amplia oferta de sistemas tecnológicos en constante desarrollo y mejora que permiten un seguimiento y control de los individuos en la comunidad, y por otro lado, la progresiva incorporación de estas tecnologías en la legislación penal y penitenciaria

Large-Scale Evaluation of Candidate Genes Identifies Associations between VEGF Polymorphisms and Bladder Cancer Risk

Common genetic variation could alter the risk for developing bladder cancer. We conducted a large-scale evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes for cancer to identify common variants that influence bladder cancer risk. An Illumina GoldenGate assay was used to genotype 1,433 SNPs within or near 386 genes in 1,086 cases and 1,033 controls in Spain. The most significant finding was in the 5′ UTR of VEGF (rs25648, p for likelihood ratio test, 2 degrees of freedom = 1 × 10(−5)). To further investigate the region, we analyzed 29 additional SNPs in VEGF, selected to saturate the promoter and 5′ UTR and to tag common genetic variation in this gene. Three additional SNPs in the promoter region (rs833052, rs1109324, and rs1547651) were associated with increased risk for bladder cancer: odds ratio (95% confidence interval): 2.52 (1.06–5.97), 2.74 (1.26–5.98), and 3.02 (1.36–6.63), respectively; and a polymorphism in intron 2 (rs3024994) was associated with reduced risk: 0.65 (0.46–0.91). Two of the promoter SNPs and the intron 2 SNP showed linkage disequilibrium with rs25648. Haplotype analyses revealed three blocks of linkage disequilibrium with significant associations for two blocks including the promoter and 5′ UTR (global p = 0.02 and 0.009, respectively). These findings are biologically plausible since VEGF is critical in angiogenesis, which is important for tumor growth, its elevated expression in bladder tumors correlates with tumor progression, and specific 5′ UTR haplotypes have been shown to influence promoter activity. Associations between bladder cancer risk and other genes in this report were not robust based on false discovery rate calculations. In conclusion, this large-scale evaluation of candidate cancer genes has identified common genetic variants in the regulatory regions of VEGF that could be associated with bladder cancer risk