Lecturas educativas de la televisión. Estudio de la música de una muestra de cabeceras y búsqueda de propuestas educativas

Abstract

This work is part of a larger international research project conducted to examine television programmes from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Spain. The article presents the study carried out to analyse the opening themes used in Spanish children’s programmes. The aim was to determine the main motivation for and musical contents of television productions, their preferences, common elements and tendencies. To achieve this objective, the study examines the most prominent song in the programme, that is to say, the one used to present the programme. The findings show that the music employed in these opening themes undergoes a steady and substantial process of loss of cultural identity, and of the values of diversity and difference. Finally, the article outlines, as a suggestion that could be useful in the search for educational alternatives, an interdisciplinary educational project: the creation of a “City of sound”.