The survey Cultural practices of the French has become, over time, the main instrument for monitoring the behavior of the French in the field of culture and media. To date, this survey has been published five times: 1973, 1981, 1988, 1997 and 2008.
The survey covers the various forms of participation in cultural life (reading books, listening to music, attending cultural facilities and events, amateur practices), while giving a large place to the use of traditional media (television, radio, press) and, since the 2008 edition, to digital equipment and practices.
The 2008 edition highlighted the rise of the Internet and the "new screens", the decline of television and radio among the younger generations, a profound renewal of preferences in terms of music and films, the continued decline in the reading of newspapers and books, and the stability of attendance at cultural facilities, which is globally stable.
The Department of Studies and Statistics (DEPS) of the Ministry of Culture and Communication has undertaken to renew this survey.
On this occasion, the questionnaire was thoroughly revised to take into account the creation of new uses and new forms of access linked to the digital revolution.
The survey will focus "as much on updating an often partial knowledge of the characteristics of the audiences of cultural venues (concert halls, museums, libraries...), as on describing the development of a significant cultural offer on the Internet. Are these two forms of experience complementary, reinforcing each other to enrich the attendance of works? Or do they oppose each other at the expense of the other?
In particular, it will be necessary to " finely articulate knowledge on traditional cultural practices (attendance at cultural facilities, reading books, amateur artistic practices), as well as on digital behaviors, in particular by articulating the various explanatory factors: socio-professional category, age (with a particular interest in young people), generations, gender, territorial belonging and mobility, geographic and ethnic origins... What are the effects of the acceleration of time on the formats of works?"
Ipsos won the tender launched by the Ministry of Culture to carry out the fieldwork, which began a few days ago.
The first publications are expected in the 2nd half of 2018.
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