Childhood and Adolescence on the News: Representation and Treatment of Minors on the Basque Press

Las representaciones son modos de conocer y aproximarse a la realidad social e intentar comprenderla. La imagen de la infancia y la adolescencia recogida y amplificada por los medios de comunicación contribuye a configurar la opinión pública respecto a ese colectivo. La sociedad se relaciona con él a partir de la representación elaborada por los medios. Esta investigación analiza las piezas informativas y de opinión que aluden a niños, niñas y adolescentes aparecidas a lo largo de 2010 en la prensa diaria vasca, e identifica las áreas temáticas y el enfoque mayoritariamente empleado para informar al respecto.Representations are ways to know and approach social reality and to equally understand it. The image given on the childhood and adolescence is gathered by media, and contributes to shape the public opinion on this collective. Is from this representation from where society acts and operates in relation to them. This research analyzes the pieces of news and opinion related to boys, girls and teenagers which appeared during 2010 on the Basque newspapers, and identifies which are the most common thematic areas and employed frames in order to inform on this group