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Marcel Coste : Characterization of the empathie perception of sociometrie choice. A method based on the theory of information demonstrates how the cohesion-dispersion of sociometrical data can be judged. Applied to the characterization of the empathie perception of interpersonal relations, it shows how discrimination can be linked to correct perception.

Georges Auclair : Necessary conditions to the existence of daily papers in the French departments: the case of La Rochelle. Within the framework of a survey on the relations between press and public, this article deals with) the case of La Rochelle, which has never published a daily paper for any length of time. The reason for the failure of all the attempts made between 1883 and 1939 to set up a daily paper are analyzed by means of documents and interviews (the latter bearing on the present situation). The author concludes with a suggestion as to the relations existing between press and public : the existence of a daily paper in the French departments depends on the relation between social cohesion and the size of the potential public.

André Mathe, Mélinée Agathon : Adaptation to old age. An article on the sociological aspects of a survey on old age carried out by the Centre de Gérontologie of the Association Claude Bernard among a group of Atlantic coast fishermen. Influenced by Lewin's approach, the authors study two factors which condition adaptation to old age : « isolation » and « feeling of solitude ». The interview dealt mainly with the feeling of participation in society, communication with others, subjective appreciation of state of health. The persons interviewed had all been artisans and thus did not suffer from the lack of adaptation which industrialization brings with it. They were all fairly well adapted : sources of conflict with environment were few and the state of the individual was accepted by himself, his immediate circle and society.