La socialización y expresión de emociones en los espacios de redes sociales: un estudio de caso en un grupo de adolescentes de bachillerato de un colegio particular ubicado en el norte de la ciudad de Quito durante el periodo lectivo 2022-2023.

Abstract

The object of this research is to analyze the socialization and expression of emotions in the spaces of social networks in a group of teenagers from a private school located in the city of Quito. Thus, it addresses the forms of expression of emotions maintained by a group of adolescents through social networks by analyzing the various forms of communication and communicative codes they use, and also analyzes the implications of social networks in their socialization processes. The research was developed based on an interdisciplinary approach which draws from different areas and perspectives of psychology and their respective theories specifically from social psychology, developmental psychology and psycho-cognitive theories, among others, and worked from this approach in order to allow a broader approach throughout the research and prevent the possibility of biases during the same. At the same time, it is important to emphasize that the research was developed with a qualitative methodology, based mainly on semi-structured interviews, which were proposed with the objective of maintaining the discursive richness of the responses of the teenagers, who participated in the interviews voluntarily, however, due to the fact that all participants are underage, it was necessary to prepare an informed consent form which was sent to each one of the participant’s legal guardian and signed by them, prior to the application of the interviews.