Teletrash and colloquial language. The search for human behavior?

Abstract

Within the television programming, we highlight certain programs that are highly criticized for their scenes, their characters and content. They are called “teletrash” and display “realities” that serve as sociological experiments and inform us about show business gossip. From these programs, characters emerge becoming role models due to the great attractiveness of the media. However, can these programs also influence the way we talk and communicate? From the linguistic and educational point of view, this article seeks to evaluate how, in the means of communication, where the visual prevails, there are certain programs that force a specific language according to the content displayed, and how they can significantly affect colloquial language. With this work we set out to define the linguistic and communicative parameters characteristic of this so criticized genre. We intend to expose the significant influence of the teletrash on a familiar idiomatic record and to determine what is the pragmatic intention that stimulates it. Therefore, we will analyze the phenomenon of teletrash from a linguistic and communicative perspective and its influence on the Spanish population.