La televisión: vista, oída y leída por adolescentes peruanos

This paper analyzes the current relationship between Peruvian teenagers and television. The information accessedfrom various sources concluded that adolescents are consuming television extensively, especially the poorer withinthe country. Teens appreciate the cable television as a source of learning, and its variety and ability to relate it withthe world. The interest in cartoons, movies and series fiction genre in general affirms the value of this media insociety as well as the possibility to make them more familiar with their environment. Information about what happensbeyond their localities is a source of reference in their perception of the country. Beyond the cultural conflict fromwhich is generally assessed from the effects that television may have on the rural world, television has a positive signfor the visual deterritorialization, which dissolves the natural relationship between culture and territory. In ruralareas, parents and teenagers evaluate television positively because it offers more than just the school itself. In themidst of academic and professional criticism on television, adolescents do not distinguish between traditional mediaand new media, they are all integrated into their daily lives.