Identidad de género de los adolescentes desde las perspectivas de las redes sociales.

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to analyze gender identity in teenage high school students of the Salesiano San Juan Bosco Institute who frequent content on social networks published by influencer, using a qualitative study for the positive gender orientation in adolescents, based on This derives the following specific objectives as; describe the characteristics of the gender identity of the influencer who are visited by adolescents, identify the perception of students in relation to the contents exposed in social networks, specify the impact that influencers have on gender identity in adolescents Through the analysis of the results adopted by the students, for the development of the research, the instruments applied for the collection of information were the semi-structured interview and focus group, which were executed at the Salesian Institute of San Juan Bosco, located in the Cúcuta city. In the methodology the phenomenological qualitative design was implemented, which aims to understand the social reality of the idealistic position perceiving social life in social networks shared on different platforms, this design seeks to analyze the phenomenon found with the purpose of exploring and understanding through Results analysis oriented to interpretation and theoretical construction. On the other hand, the population with which this study is carried out was made up of high school students belonging to the San Juan Bosco Salesian Institute of the Municipality of San José de Cúcuta, with ages ranging from 14 to 17 years, of socioeconomic levels 2 and 3, also a sample was taken for convenience of nonprobabilistic type, therefore the selected subjects were 10 students who maintain direct contact with social networks such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. However, in the results obtained through the analysis of applied instruments it is possible to identify that the adolescents who participated in the research, presented an open conception on the theme oriented to the development of gender identity, since it was identified that the low control in the taking of decisions causes adolescents to follow and adopt behaviors similar to influencer such as challenges or challenges, in these cases the population said that many of the young people tend to be highly influential because they do not have a defined or marked personality and it is precisely at the level of adolescent development The development of gender identity is a multifactorial process in which different environmental, social or family factors or variables influence, since it implies a process of continuous socialization where the individual experiences different situations in the environment in which they are surrounded. Therefore the contents exposed by the influencer on the expression of sexuality and lifestyle in one way or another impact or is a support for the adolescent to analyze if he feels satisfied with his identity or sexual orientation. On the other hand, it should be noted that the contents that you call the most attention are those published by influencer that is shown as charismatic, direct and fun people who have great leadership abilities to connect with people, therefore it is concluded that the influencer, the interaction With the social networks and the contents exposed there have a significant impact on the development of the personality of adolescents since it was reflected that at this stage, adolescents tend to imitate everything that is trend in social networks and can even reach to change much of the lifestyle just to fit in the digital world.