Abstract

This investigation propounds an analysis of the role of old people in fiction series produced by national channels in Spain. The objective is to know the characteristics of the old people model or models stated or transmitted by these fiction series. In getting that, we have used, as a working methodology, the actantial structure from Greimas´Narrative Grammar. Combining this methodology with aspects from content analysis, the investigation gives us a first approximation to the study of this subject.

Abstract

The situation of fiction series produced in Spain by the countrywide broadcasters in the context of the arrival of VOD services such as Netflix is analyzed. The previous situation of Spanish fiction and the challenges generated by the new consumption modalities are presented. Then, a study of the audiences of the fiction series broadcast by Televisión Española, Antena 3, and Telecinco in the three-year period 2015-2017 is carried out. The conclusions put in relation the changes in the consumption of television with a gradual reconfiguration of the fiction produced in Spain.