Persistence of gender stereotypes in the media consumption habits of adolescents: drama for girls and humor for boys

Authors

  • Maria-Jose Masanet Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.39.1027

Keywords:

adolescence, media consumption, gender, television, Internet, fiction

Abstract

There are few studies on the habits of media consumption of adolescents and young people focused on gender differences in Spain. This study intends to focus on this research line through a quantitative study. The administration of 787 questionnaires to adolescents from Barcelona (Spain) reveals interesting results: adolescents make a media consumption stereotyped by gender. Girls consume more dramatic products –with focus on interpersonal relationships– and boys consume more humor and videogames. In addition, girls are subjected to more family controls than boys in their media consumption.

Author Biography

Maria-Jose Masanet, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España

Ph.D. in Social Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), where she is professor and researcher in the Department of Communication. Her lines of work focus on media education, adolescence and youth, genre and fiction series. She has conducted research stays at the Loughborough University, the Central University of Venezuela, the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and at Ghent University.

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

Masanet, M.-J. (2016). Persistence of gender stereotypes in the media consumption habits of adolescents: drama for girls and humor for boys. Cuadernos.Info, (39), 39–53. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.39.1027

Issue

No. 39 (2016): Dossier: Comunicación y género: viejos problemas, nuevos desafíos

Section

MAIN TOPIC