Family and Television: Some Pictures of Spanish Family on the Small Screen

This paper tries to explore the ability of television to show some of the social change trends connecting with Spanish society, specially those related to familiar institution. In this way, first of all it places us in the context of a society in change, as well as a television in transformation. Following, it analyses the features and also de meanings of some television stories in present, told in a familiar tone. After that, it explores the main functions that television provides its audience, as well as the different pictures of family that this media draws.