Análisis comparado de la representación de personajes LGBT+ en las series españolas de televisión generalista emitidas en prime time y originales de plataformas de streaming. (Spanish)

Comparative analysis of the representation of LGBT+ characters in Spanish generalist television programs broadcast in prime time and on streaming platforms. (English)

This research presents a comparative analysis of the representation of LGTB+ characters in Spanishproduced series broadcast in prime time on generalist television and those produced by the main streaming platforms, based on two different samples of series; one of these samples has 21 chapters broadcast in the second half of 2017 and throughout 2018 on national generalist channels and the other sample contains 33 chapters of Spanish series originally produced by different streaming platforms. For this purpose, a content analysis was performed by analyzing a total of 1,274 characters (n=514 and n=760, respectively). Among the main results of the research, it was found that there is still an underrepresentation of LGTB+ characters, compared to the demographic data of the Spanish population, although their presence increases slightly in the case of series on streaming platforms. We also found an increase in the number of LGTB+ characters with leading roles with respect to previous studies. Representation figures have improved but LGTB+ characters are not present in the contents of all platforms. On the other hand, no statistically significant relationship was found between sexual orientation and hypersexualization of characters, nor in other aspects, such as the relationship between sexual orientation and violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En la presente investigación se desarrolla un análisis comparado de la representación de personajes LGTB+ en las series de producción española emitidas en prime time en televisión generalista y las producidas por las principales plataformas en streaming, partiendo de dos muestras diferentes: una de ellas se compone de 21 capítulos emitidos en el segundo semestre de 2017 y durante todo 2018 en canales generalistas nacionales y la otra contiene 33 capítulos de series españolas producidas originalmente por diferentes plataformas de streaming. Para ello, se ha realizado un análisis de contenido analizando un total de 1.274 personajes (n=514 y n=760, respectivamente). Entre los principales resultados de la investigación se ha podido comprobar que sigue existiendo una infrarrepresentación de personajes LGTB+, comparada con los datos demográficos de población española, aunque su presencia aumenta levemente en el caso de las series producidas para plataformas de streaming. Se ha encontrado, además, un aumento en cuanto al número de personajes LGTB+ con papeles protagonistas con respecto a estudios anteriores. A pesar de la mejora en las cifras de representación, los personajes LGTB+ no están presentes en los contenidos de todas las plataformas. Por otra parte, no se encontró ninguna relación estadísticamente significativa entre la orientación sexual y la hipersexualización de los personajes, ni en otros aspectos como la relación entre orientación sexual y violencia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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