Television as agent of socialization. Influence of television on the construction of subjectivity in children and adolescents

UNLABELLED: In the human process of socialization the family (main agent in the first years) takes part together with friends, school and mass media, specially T.V, among others. The aim of our research is to analize television's influence upon the construction of subjectivity in the child and adolescent. We intend avoid the sterilizing antinomy: TV is either good or bad. SAMPLE: 587 children and adolescents from 5th to 9th grade (EGB). Parents and teachers were included to compare answers. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Semi-structured questionnaires. Years 2004-2005.