CULTURAL PEDAGOGIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: THE YOUNG KILLER IN THE ADOLESCENCE MINISERIES

Abstract

The cultural pedagogies on masculinities circulating in media cultural artifacts (re)produce stereotypes of hegemonic masculinity and, as alternatives, subordinate masculinity in the face of socio-historical changes in the configurations between gender, social class, and sexuality. This article, based on Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and the Theory of Social Representations, aimed to analyze the cultural pedagogies on masculinities of the protagonist of the miniseries Adolescence (2025) broadcast by the Netflix streaming service. The research was designed as documentary with the aid of the Content Analysis method. From the analysis of the cultural pedagogies in the protagonist's speeches, his masculinities were discussed, but still within the system of male domination over women. It was also evidenced how new technologies influence his masculinities, which ended in a homicide committed by the protagonist himself. The results therefore confirm that these masculinities converge towards practices to be proposed in the school environment that advocate for both individual and collective transformations, as well as educational policies, to experience and make visible forms of masculinities and femininities distanced from hegemonic masculinity.