INFLUENCE OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTS CONSUMED BY CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS ON THEIR PROPER BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The constant advancement and development of information and communication technologies has caused the classic forms of leisure for infants and adolescents to vary every day. Such is the case of audiovisual consumption, an activity that enjoys great preference on the part of these age groups, displacing the performance of other fundamental activities for these stages. Therefore, this research aims to determine how the audiovisual products consumed by children and adolescents infl uence their adequate biopsychosocial development; in addition to describing the role played by parents in the consumption activity carried out by their children. For this, a qualitative methodology was implemented, focused on documentary analysis. From which it was possible to verify that the programs preferred by children and adolescents are mostly intended for the adult public, as well as being of foreign manufacturing. In the same way, it was found that the mediating role of adults focuses on the establishment of limits and the control of schedules, the exposure time and the content of these materials, avoiding joint viewing and active discussion of the content consumed. Elements that lead to a considerable risk in the proper development of children and adolescents when exposed to materials of the content not appropriate for these ages.