El presidente Fox en el imaginario infantil y juvenil

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine and define the figure of the president in the abstract. It focuses most particularly on President Vicente Fox and the way he is perceived by children and young people. The data were gathered in several collection exercises conducted in the Federal District between 1999 and 2002 among boys and girls, adolescents, and young adults aged between 9 and 19, with levels of schooling between the fourth grade of primary education and the last year of high school, with representatives from all the grades in the three schooling cycles covered, from both public and private schools. The results cast light on juvenile attitudes to the figure of the president, depicting the social perceptions thereof of children and young people

El objetivo de este artículo es la revisión, caracterización y significación de la figura presidencial en abstracto, y se centra de manera particular en el presidente Vicente Fox, todo ello desde la percepción infantil y juvenil y a través de los datos aportados por diversos ejercicios aplicados en el Distrito Federal entre 1999 y 2002 a niños y niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes entre los 9 y 19 años, aproximadamente, escolarizados entre 4° de primaria y 3° de bachillerato, incluyendo todos los grados de estos tres niveles, y en escuelas públicas y privadas. Los resultados alumbran las actitudes infantiles ante la figura presidencial, toda vez que esbozan el imaginario social infantil y juvenil en torno a la misma.