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This paper analyses the results of a poll about the student's TV habits in the first cycle of CSE (Compulsory Secondary Education) of the IES Averroes in Córdoba. The relation that these habits have to the academic results is stated here, both in a positive sense and in a negative one. Moreover, the importance of analysing both factors (academic results-TV consumption) is highlighted in relation to other habits of use of the spare time that are not normally studied and that affect, in an important way, both to the academic performance, in general, and to the capacity of attention, wich in these ages, is directly involved in the academic success.

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Television has an important role in both the individual and social development. We live in a world where everything happens very fast, where TV contributes to spread views of the reality and social values that are adopted as behaviour rules. In this paper, we talk about the importance of TV in the individual development and the language that is used. In order to achieve this objective, we have tried to find out the TV consumption from a group of teenagers through a questionnaire. These teenagers are in social risk situation due to their families’ circumstances, such as drug-addiction, prostitution, etc.

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The aim of this study was to analyze whether television viewing habits themselves contribute to defining the gender significance in a sample of 577 adolescents (270 boys and 307 girls) from the Basque Autonomous Region. Using responses to the CTV (Television Habits Questionnaire), the authors found several groups of people according to various indicators. Results indicate that television reproduces social gender stereotypes and may contribute to their perpetuation. Furthermore, the group most exposed to contents is the adolescent girls, in which an explicit lack of distinction between private and public life, and between more conventional and personal values can be found.