“Creo que necesito ayuda”: un análisis de la representación de las autolesiones no suicidas en el entorno digital de ficción seriada para adolescentes.

Pablo Sánchez López; Raquel  Moraleda Esteban

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n42a3017

Authors

Pablo Sánchez López Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-509X
Raquel Moraleda Esteban Universidad Rey Juan Carlos https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2364-566X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n42a3017

Keywords:

digital entertainment, TV shows, Non-suicidal self-harm

Abstract

Digital entertainment is a fundamental part of teenagers' lives. The aim of this research is to gather a corpus of streaming television series in which, as part of the plot, a character self-injures; and to analyze narratively the how and why of self-injury, what function it fulfills in the story and whether or not it romanticizes the self-injurious act itself. The methodology of this study is based on filmic analysis together with discourse analysis, which will be applied to the eight series selected after a screening process through both generalist and specialized search engines. The result includes eleven characters and a total of thirteen self-injurious acts on screen, acts that vary in form, place and intention. The analysis has made it possible to distinguish representations of self-injury that focus on sensational aspects from those that opt for a more responsible approach. This study highlights the problems involved in dealing with mental health issues involving teenagers in serialized digital fiction intended to reach a wide audience.

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Author Biographies

Pablo Sánchez López, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Pablo Sánchez López (Madrid, 1983) holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication with a thesis on the geopolitics of popular culture. Since 2024 he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, where he has taught subjects related to business and audiovisual storytelling. He has also been a professor in different subjects related to audiovisual fiction in the Master in Production and Management of Audiovisual Companies in the School of University Arts TAI and the Master in Entertainment Management at the Audiovisual School -The Core-. He has participated in national and international research projects including “Media representation of self-injury of minors in the media and networks”; project funded by the State Research Agency, during the period 2021-2025 (PID2021-124550OB-I00).
Raquel Moraleda Esteban, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Researcher/Senior Technical Scientific Staff in the Communication and Children Research Group (COMKIDS-URJC) and pre-PhD in Communication Sciences at the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC). Graduate in Sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Graduate in Biology with mention in Health (UCM), and Master in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (UCM). Proposed for the extraordinary TFG award by the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (UCM, 2023). She received the second prize for the best TFG by the Official College of Biologists of Madrid in 2016. Recognised in her Master's studies with the best academic record of the 2016-2017 promotion. She has participated in the national and international research project «Media representation of children's self-harm in the media and social networks» (2021-2025), and in the national research project «Teacher Professionalization: Discourses, Policies and Practices. New approaches and proposals». She is currently working in the European project SIC-SPAIN 4.0. His current lines of research are self-harm, mental health, adolescents, social networks, individualization processes in modern societies and their relationships.

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