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114Comunicar, 39, XX, 2012Antena3, all of whom are noteworthy for their physicalattractiveness and who are tormented differentlyby the obstacles they must overcome in their emotionalrelationships, namely, Ulises («El barco»), Marcos («Elinternado») and Lucas («Los hombres de Paco»). Incontrast to this, however, the dispersion of answersfrom the males remains, and even though they alsoinclude attractive young women among their favourites(Yoli, «Física o Química»), they seem to prefer caricaturedadults (Amador, «La que se avecina»; Diego,«Los Serrano» and Mauricio, «Aída»). Interestingly,most of the interviewees were not able to point out theFiction does not tend to serve as a reference as the inter -viewees cope with their day-to-day problems. However,even though some of the plots are not very realistic, thereare youngsters of all ages who try to extrapolate the ideasfrom the fiction to their own reality, a more marked trendamong critical viewers. In fact, the sentimental relationshipsand entertainment of the main characters are therepresentations that the participants in the focus groupswanted to imitate the most often. Some youngsters alsoidentified with the attitude and actions of the characters,contextualised according their own experience.character that they like the least, and with the exceptionof those who prefer comedy, all the intervieweeswant the characters to evolve.3.2. InteractionGenerally speaking, the content and the charactersare determining factors when watching a fiction programmeregularly or at least somewhat regularly, eventhough the choice of some of the participants in thefocus group is conditioned by the reception context.The interviewees tend to watch fiction primarilyalone, with a family member or with their partner, andonly rarely with friends. Women tend to watch theprogrammes alone, whereas men do so with theirfamily. By age, the 9 to 14 group and young adultsaged 18 to 23 watch the most fiction alone, albeit fordifferent reasons: the first group’s interest in animation,which the older family members rarely share, and thesecond group’s interest in major international hits,which tend to be watched on the Internet even beforethey premiere in Spain. On the other hand, adolescentsaged 15 to 17 often watch the television withother family members living in their household; therefore,this age group’s preference for family-targetedprogrammes facilitates watching programmes together.Young adults aged 24 to 29 living on their own tend toshare this form of entertainment with their partners.The decision to watch programmes alone or withsiblings stems from the diversityof tastes among parents andchildren. When their preferencesare the same, the familywatches shows on the maintelevision set in the housetogether, even though theytend not to discuss the programmes.Some young intervieweeseven confessed toavoiding watching television asa family because they wereembarrassed to watch certainprogrammes with theirparents. Outside the home,however, fiction becomes arecurring light topic of conversationthat often binds themwith other people at school orwork. However, even thoughthe interviewees tend to talkabout the fiction programmesthey watch with others, theirpreference is to do so withtheir friends.Women stand out for sharing their experiencesabout fiction with their group of friends. By age, girlsfrom 9 to 14 use fiction as a topic of conversation withtheir friends. Adolescents from 15 to 17 tend to talkabout the programmes they watch with their siblings,while the 18 to 23 age group talks less about televisionprogrammes, and the 24 to 29 age group talks aboutthem almost exclusively with their partner.3.2.1. TV and/or InternetThe difference between the number of intervieweeswho watch fiction on the television and on theInternet is quite small. Women watch more programmeson the Internet. By age, girls from 9 to 14 andyoung adults aged 24 to 29 prefer television, the for-© ISSN: 1134-3478 • e-ISSN: 1988-3293 • Pages 111-118