Imaginarios sociales del ídolo futbolista en busca del héroe colombiano

Abstract

This research is a response to the importance and the need to know the imaginaries can have a teenager from the sport, specifically from soccer, in the case of research located in students between 12 and 15 years who are in training process with permanent access to media influence in various ways in their learning. The influence given by the media offers stories which featured characters who are among the categories of idols and heroes, consequently, all development and environment, where together with its characteristics shown reiterates not only are seen as footballers but as image and / or model. It has an initial order affirming or not the existence of the hero, as well as identify their characteristics and impact to achieve it had as a method of data collection through a survey in two groups of adolescents between 12 and 15 years, one group of a school located in the city of Bogota and the second belonging to school Soccer compensation institution located in the same city.