HISTORY: IT’S A GENERATION THING

HISTORY: IT’S A GENERATION THING

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On Friday 6 October at the Rendez-vous de l'Histoire in Blois, Histoire TV unveiled the key findings of the “L’Histoire: une histoire de générations?” (“History: it’s a generation thing”) survey.

Benjamin Brillaud, creator of the Nota Bene YouTube channel (whose first documentary, on the Vikings, will be broadcast shortly on Histoire TV) was joined by Jennifer Kerner (a researcher at the Paris Musée de l’Homme, creator of the Boneless Archaeology YouTube channel and a columnist on Historiquement Show, to look at the findings of the survey.

The result is an overview of the ties that bind French people with their history, and the role of the media in transmitting history.

More than three-quarters of the French people surveyed (79%) said they were interested in history, but what does it mean to them? How do they use history and how often? For each generation, what does history mean now and what will it mean in the future?

To find out, an analysis was carried out by TF1’s research and media teams, the main results of which are as follows.

Download the whole survey