Javier Callejo

El proceso de constitución de España en una sociedad turística

El turismo extranjero fue uno de los factores que mas incidieron en la peculiar constitucion de Espana como sociedad de consumo. El «exodo rural», el rapido proceso de urbanizacion, la industrializacion y, posteriormente, la terciarizacion de la economia y la incorporacion a la UE han sido varias de las claves que explican uno de los procesos de transformacion mas importantes sucedidos en la historia del pais. Sin embargo, el comportamiento turistico de los espanoles sigue aun teniendo peculiaridades que le distinguen de los turistas de los paises de su entorno. A traves del estudio de los datos ofrecidos por las distintas fuentes estadisticas oficiales, el articulo analiza el proceso de constitucion de Espana en sociedad turistica.

Homogenization of eating times in the United Kingdom and Spain

Purpose – The paper aims to offer information regarding the degree of homogenization of eating times in the UK and Spain. The objective is to compare two societies by the ways their respective members organize the time spent on eating. Eating time organization is examined via two parameters: eating rhythms and their duration. The authors study the former by comparing daily meals timetables. Duration is studied via the time spent on eating and cooking. Design/methodology/approach – Data from time-use surveys in Spain and the UK have been used for this work and various specific aspects of eating have been analyzed. First we consider the time devoted to eating; second, the timetables of the main intakes: third, the time spent cooking. Since in these sections it is noted that eating out is the behavior that most differentiates Spaniards and Britons, another section is given specifically to analyzing this behavior. Four categories were established by using a scaled variable to collect the time when the main ac...

Social networks: dialogic artefacts

This article presents the findings of an empirical study on the use of social networks among Spanish adolescents. We develop and support the central theoretical thesis of this study. Questioning the discursive character of social networks and their communicational function, we analyse the network as an artefact whose ultimate objective is to generate dialogue. This approach shifts the sociological interest from understanding what adolescents do in this space and its consequences to the problem of what this artefact formally imposes on communication and on their relationship interests.