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- Title
Jugadores, escritores e influencers en redes sociales: procesos de profesionalización entre adolescentes.
- Authors
Establés, María-José; Guerrero-Pico, Mar; Contreras-Espinosa, Ruuth-S.
- Abstract
Introduction. The evolution of the media industry has prompted profound changes in the way teenagers develop their skills and access transmedia products. To be precise, the article focuses on the emergence of a grey area where media hobbies become professionalisation opportunities for young people, and profit opportunities for the industries. Methods. The study has been carried out from a mixed qualitative and quantitative methods approach. Ethnographic, statistical and textual data collection and analysis techniques have been implemented. Results. Three areas of professionalisation are detected: video games, creative writing and social networks, each with its own dynamics with respect to teenagers' gender and the resources and platforms used. Discussion and conclusions. Teenagers who undertake professionalisation processes constitute a minority and, within this group, it is essential to strengthen the skills that allow them to understand to what extent media companies profit from their work.
- Subjects
GENDER; CORPORATE profits; CREATIVE writing; SOCIAL networks; STATISTICS
- Publication
Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 2019, Issue 74, p214
- ISSN
1138-5820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4185/RLCS-2019-1328