¿Qué se comenta de un reality? Análisis del foro en Facebook de Gran Hermano España (2011-2019).

What do people say about a reality show? Analysis of Spanish Big Brother's Facebook comments (2011-2019).

REALITY television programs; BIG Brother (TV program : U.S.); FACEBOOK (Web resource); SOCIAL media; BROADCASTERS; CENSORSHIP; FEMINISM

This article analyses the complete history of the Facebook forum on Big Brother Spain during 2011-2019. For this study, more than 1.2 million Facebook comments were retrieved, and later thematic patterns from these units of content were identified and analysed. It examines what the most recurrent issues the fans talk about, and their standpoint on those. Forum participants accept and fully participate in the logic of the program (both its mechanics and its end goal), but sometimes mistrust and question the broadcaster's impartiality when they consider that the network is meddling in the reality for commercial purposes. Yet any censorship made by the program on events which may hurt its image goes unnoticed. Viewers, largely women, criticize female contestants three times (2.79) more than men. However, there is also a degree of gender alliance between forum members and female contestants, as these receive more support to win the contest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este artículo analiza el historial completo del foro de Facebook de Gran Hermano España durante el período 2011-2019. En el estudio se obtuvieron más de 1,2 millones de comentarios del grupo de Facebook. Se investiga cuáles son los temas más recurrentes de los que hablan los fans del programa y cuál es su posición ante ellos. Los participantes aceptan la lógica del reality (mecánica y objetivo final), pero a veces cuestionan la imparcialidad de la cadena si aprecian que interviene en la realidad para obtener una ventaja comercial. Sin embargo, pasa inadvertida la censura que ejerce el programa sobre los comentarios de sucesos que puedan dañar su imagen. Los espectadores, mayoritariamente de género femenino, critican tres veces más (2,79) a las mujeres concursantes que a los hombres. Sin embargo, también hay cierta alianza de género entre foristas y concursantes femeninas: se las apoya más a ellas para que ganen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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