Evaluation de la qualité des sites internet francophones traitant de la dépendance à l'alcool [Assessing the quality of French language web sites pertaining to alcohol dependency]

The objective of this article is to systematically assess the quality of web-based information in French language on the alcohol dependence. The authors analysed, using a standardised pro forma, the 20 most highly ranked pages identified by 3 common internet search engines using 2 keywords. Results show that a total of 45 sites were analysed. The authors conclude that the overall quality of the sites was relatively poor, especially for the description of possible treatments, however with a wide variability. Content quality was not correlated with other aspects of quality such as interactivity, aesthetic or accountability.

La distribución de cine en Internet y su implicación en los procesos de producción cinematográfica

Estudi sobre com Internet ha canviat la manera de distribuir curtmetratges i llargmetratges, i la influència d’aquests canvis als processos previs de producció. Es complementa l’estudi bibliogràfic de les fases de producció amb entrevistes a tres cineastes per comprovar que Internet ha generat alguns canvis a l’hora de plantejar certs treballs cinematogràfics.

La ciudad en el contexto de la Internet de las cosas

Obtención y publicación web de magnitudes físicas procedentes de todo tipo de dispositivos como teléfonos móviles, para mejorar la gestión y desarrollo de las ciudades desde una perspectiva sostenible.

La ciudad en el contexto de la Internet de las cosas

Obtención y publicación web de magnitudes físicas procedentes de todo tipo de dispositivos, como teléfonos móviles, para mejorar la gestión y desarrollo de las ciudades desde una perspectiva sostenible.

Exploring the strategic impact of technological change - Studies on the role of Internet in magazine publishing

Over the past few decades, turbulent change has characterized the situation in the media industry. It has been noted that digitalization and new media are strongly influencing the industry: it is changing the existing market dynamics and requires new strategies. Prior research on the impact of digitalization and the Internet has emphasized news-focused media such as newspaper publishing and broadcasting, yet magazine publishing is very seldom the focus of the research. This study examines how the Internetimpacts magazine publishing. The work presents a multi-level analysis on the role and impact of the Internet on magazine products, companies and industry. The study is founded on strategic management, technology management and media economics literature. This study consists of two parts. The first part introduces the research topic and discusses the overall results of the study. The second part comprises five research publications. Qualitative research methods are used throughout. The results of the study indicate that the Internet has not had a disruptive effect on magazine publishing, and that its strategic implications could rather be considered complementary to the print magazine and the business as a whole. It seems that the co-specialized assets, together with market-related competencies and unchanged core competence have protected established firms from the disruptive effect of the new technology in magazine publishing. In addition, it seems that the Internet offers a valuable possibility to build and nourish customer relationships. The study contributes tomedia management and economics research by moving from product- or industry-level investigations towards a strategic-management perspective.

La tienda en Internet: cómo diseñar y dar a conocer un establecimiento virtual con éxito

En este artículo se explican las claves que debe poseer una tienda virtual establecida en Internet para tener éxito. En primer lugar se analizan las principales características que tiene un establecimiento virtual, que le diferencia de una tienda real. A la hora de realizar una iniciativa comercial en Internet, al igual que en el mundo físico, tenemos que definir un diseño adecuado de nuestro establecimiento que se ajuste a nuestra idea de negocio y a nuestro público objetivo. A su vez tenemos que elegir un buen nombre de dominio, ya que será una de las puertas de entrada principales de nuestro local. Finalmente, es necesario dar a conocer nuestro negocio, tanto en la red como en el mundo real, ya que estamos inmersos en un océano de más de 1.000 millones de páginas web.

Problematic Internet use is associated with substance use in young adolescents.

AIM: This study examined whether problematic Internet use was associated with substance use among young adolescents and assessed whether this association accounted for the use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other drugs. METHODS: Using the Internet Addiction Test, we divided a representative sample of 3067 adolescents in Switzerland (mean age 14 years) into regular and problematic Internet users. We performed a bivariate analysis and two logistic regression models, to analyse substances separately and simultaneously, and developed a log-linear model to define the associations between significant variables. RESULTS: Problematic Internet users were more likely to be female, to use substances, to come from nonintact families, to report poor emotional well-being and to be below average students. The first model showed significant associations between problematic users and each substance, with adjusted odds ratios of 2.05 for tobacco, 1.72 for alcohol, 1.94 for cannabis and 2.73 for other drugs. Only smoking remained significant in the second model, with an adjusted odds ratio of 1.71. CONCLUSION: Problematic Internet use is associated with other risky behaviours and may be an important early predictor of adolescent substance use. Therefore, it should be included in the psychosocial screening of adolescents.