Media Under French Competition Law

This Article discusses the Conseil de la Concurrence ( Conseil ), established by the December 1986 Ordinance on the Freedom of Prices and Competition. It provides an examination of the case law on media competition issues in France and suggests that such issues raise complex questions and that great caution must be exercised when applying competition law in this sector

Observation multimodale de la découverte de technologies par des seniors

International audienceThis article presents a multimodal observation method of older people discovering the use of a smart house and tactile and spoken interaction modes inside a Living Lab. Our observation is based on ethnographic and numerical methods. We highlight the impact of presentation of the different technologies on the change of mind, the preference for voice interaction and some brakes considered as far as the adoption of new technologies is concerned.Cet article présente une méthode d’observation multimodale de personnes seniors découvrant l’utilisation d’un environnement domotisé et les techniques d’interaction tactile et vocale en Living Lab. L’observation repose sur des méthodes ethnographiques et numériques. Nous soulignons en particulier l’impact de la présentation des technologies sur le changement de regard que peuvent porter les participants de l’étude, la préférence de l’interaction vocale et quelques freins considérés comme très importants dans l’adoption des nouvelles technologies par les seniors

Preliminary study of human interactions during entertainment by a facilitator using a cognitive stimulation medium (Mémoire-RED) in a nursing-home setting

International audienceAccording to the literature and our practice, most of the cognitive stimulation based on technological tools are designed for individual, « face to face »use and are a transposition of regular neuropsychological tests and rehabilitation exercises (Tarraga et al. 2006). A different approach is proposed to fulfil the needs for entertainment; such as reminding memories with the help of souvenirs of the patients own life. (Damianakis et al. 2010) could show it was possible, first with the help of a research assistant, then with that of the family or even by personal use, to stimulate remembrance through old souvenirs presented on a digital medium.The difficulty is the high cost in term of manpower to get the relevant information from the family. Other teams have proposed solutions that would limit that preliminary work : using data from the social media (Cosley et al. 2009) and/or wearing a camera to save daily activities (Lee and Key, 2007) et (Sellen et al. 2007). In any case, those tools are based upon individual customization and so limiting the number of patients who could attend a same session. Could use general tools developed for entertainment in nursing-home as a cognitive stimulation alternative? In a preliminary study we have observed the adoption of the Mémoire-red™ tool by the facilitator and the interaction with and between the residents during a regular entertainment session with cognitively impaired residents in a nursing-home. This session was part of a structured animation program where the residents regularly take part