Transformation Of Cultural Consumption In Rural Children And Adolescents Between 2017 And 2022

ABSTRACT

This is a descriptive quantitative research that identified the transformations in the cultural consumption of children and adolescents (NNA) in the rural area of Cúcuta between 2017 and 2022, taking into account the changes in the social dynamics produced by the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey made up of 7 items and 22 questions was used to find out about the technological devices, preferences and uses of ICTs of children and adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19. The emergence of studies on cultural consumption opened up the question How is cultural consumption re-signified in contexts of globalisation and cultural transformation? Their answers allow us to understand the new forms of social groupings and the changes in the ways of being together. Today, this is facilitated by the technological devices to which different age and socio-economic groups in both rural and urban areas have access. The 2017 findings reveal that given the connectivity difficulties and socio-economic conditions of the children and their families, their cultural consumption was related to television programmes and music, through the radio. However, during the compulsory physical confinement, the National Government and the Ministry of ICTs strengthened technological and connectivity capacities, which transformed this consumption, showing greater participation in social networks, with an interest in a broad and diverse digitalisation of daily life based on the adaptation to change and the search for information.