Sex education in TV series: Sex Education as a case study
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Introduction: The rise and apogee of video-on-demand platforms have contributed, to a great extent, to modify the audiovisual reality as it was known to date. Within this audiovisual context, television series are a television genre that enjoys great popularity among the audience, with those aimed at teenagers and young people standing out. Methodology: This research study was based on a qualitative methodology based on the analysis of the content of a television series, as well as the characters, analysing the educational-communicative aspects of sex education in the series Sex Education. Results: It should be noted that the main themes of the series revolve around sexual relations between adolescents, sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancies, among others; while, among the characters, the most numerous groups are that of family members, with adolescents having the greatest interpretative weight. Discussion: It can be seen how the series Sex Education presents a similar pattern to other television series aimed at teenage audiences, showing themes based on friendship or sexual relations, among others. Conclusions: Sex Education presents sex education to adolescents from an educommunicative point of view, offering appropriate and easily understandable teachings.
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