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Title: El efecto Merlí: Televisión y elección de grados universitarios relacionados con la filosofía
Other Titles: The Merlí effect: Television and choice of philosophy related degrees
Author: Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis  
Rodó-Zárate, Maria  
Citation: Martínez-Cantos, J. [José Luis]. Rodó de Zárate, M. [Maria]. (2020). El efecto Merlí: Televisión y elección de grados universitarios relacionados con la filosofía. Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social, 20(1), 1-24. doi: 10.5565/rev/athenea.2453
Abstract: Following a consolidated research line on the effects of TV on academic choicesand aspirations, we study the case of Merlí TV series and its possible impact onthe adolescents’ preferences for philosophy degrees in Catalonia. Official statisticsseem to confirm the increasing number of enrolments and applications in philo-sophy degrees between 2015 and 2016, although our exploratory analyses(study1)find it difficult to unequivocally attribute this change to the series. Waiting formore robust quantitative analyses on this issue, we provide a complementaryqualitative approach (study 2), through online questionnaires with open ques-tions, to know the perception that the newly admitted students in philosophy de-grees in Catalan universities have about this issue. These students consider thatMerlí did not influenced their personal decision, but that it has improved the so-cial value of philosophy. We discuss future lines of research on the indirect effectsof this more positive environment.
Keywords: television
academic aspirations
philosophy
university
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.2453
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Issue Date: 2-Mar-2020
Publication license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  
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