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Culture and Education
Cultura y Educación
Volume 24, 2012 - Issue 4
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Original Articles

La interpretación infantil de la violencia en la ficción televisiva. La noción de realismo de proximidad

Children's interpretation of violence in television programmes: The notion of proximity realism

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Pages 489-504 | Received 09 Feb 2011, Accepted 30 Nov 2011, Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

El trabajo que se presenta aborda la interpretación que efectúan los telespectadores infantiles de la presencia de violencia en la programación televisiva dirigida a niños y niñas menores de doce años. A partir de la selección de dos secuencias emitidas en horario infantil —escogidas por la presencia de diversos tipos de violencia y por su diferente formalización (largometraje con actores y dibujos animados)—, se procede a su visionado por parte de los dieciséis sujetos participantes. El análisis de contenido y del discurso de las posteriores entrevistas efectuadas a los sujetos permite establecer la noción de “realismo de proximidad”, un elemento intensificador de la percepción de violencia representada. Como conclusiones proponemos incorporar como variable de análisis de la apropiación significativa que en la infancia se establece de la violencia mediada el concepto de “violencia de proximidad”.

Abstract

The present study explores the various ways in which young viewers interpret occurrences of violence in television programmes aimed at children under the age of twelve. The analysis is based on the screening of two sequences from TV shows in front of 16 children. The TV shows were specifically chosen because of their genre differences (a full feature film with real-life actors versus an animated cartoon) and because of the presence of diverse types of violence. The content and discourse analysis of the interviews obtained allow us to identify the notion of “proximity realism”, as an enhancer element of the perception of violence depicted. To conclude we propose the introduction of a variable analysis, the “proximity violence”, with regard to the significant interpretation which young viewers tend to form about the phenomenon of mediated violence.

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