Television and adolescence: academic and professional aspirations and values.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This study intends to find out if the TV programmes that are most watched by young people nowadays may have had an influence on their career choices or expectations. We have administered a survey to 59 adolescents of a Public Institute located in Zaragoza, Spain. Among the most outstanding conclusions we found that adolescents have several purposes, as viewers and that they are coherent with these opinions about their aspirations and values. We also discovered the existence of “a critical attitude” as viewers, reflected on their awareness of the possible influence that TV has both on themselves and on the others.