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The main objective of this research is to analyze the content of YouTuber's videos that have the greatest impact on adolescents and their relationship with the construction of identity. The YouTube platform is one of the most commonly used by Spanish teenagers and around 70% of young people between 14 and 17 years of age prefer this network. YouTubers are perceived by young people as their equals, approachable people who share similar traits to their own, which facilitates rapid identification. A qualitative analysis of the content of 22 videos on the YouTube platform was carried out using the Atlas.ti program. The analysis led to several emerging codes related to the construction of adolescent personal identity. Most of the messages relating to personal identity were aimed at transmitting the self-impression of the YouTuber and the relationship of that self-impression with his gender identity, sexual orientation, and vocational identity. Also, family and peers appeared in the videos, especially as providers of social support. Teen followers include messages to support YouTubers, express their identification with the messages and use comment spaces to describe their own experiences, expressing the same concerns in the configuration of their identity. It is necessary to take into account this new space of interrelation to understand the development of young people’s identity.

Instagram es una red social basada principalmente en imágenes que contiene gran cantidad de información sobre viajes y turismo. Además, permite explorar destinos a través del contenido publicado por familiares, amigos y conocidos, por empresas turísticas, o por personajes populares como blogueros de viajes o influencers. Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar las publicaciones de un grupo de influencers en Instagram y su posible relación con la inspiración, el reconocimiento social y la motivación en la elección de destinos turísticos de sus seguidores. Se ha realizado un análisis cualitativo de varias publicaciones realizadas por influencers de viajes a través de la identificación de contenido manifiesto y latente relacionado con el objetivo de la investigación. Los resultados muestran que los seguidores manifiestan su reconocimiento social a los influencers por medio de mensajes de apoyo y “me gusta”, se identifican con las actividades que realizan y expresan su motivación por realizar los mismos viajes. Instagram is a social media network that uses mainly images that offer information on places and tourism. It allows people to explore destinations through content published by family, friends and acquaintances, tourism companies, or by public figures such as travel bloggers or influencers. The objective of this study is to analyse posts on Instagram of a group of influencers and their possible relationship with inspiration, social identification and motivation in the destination choice of their followers. A qualitative analysis of several Instagram posts uploaded by travel influencers was carried out identifying manifest and latent content of the same relating to the research objective. The findings show that the followers express their social identification with the influencers in comments of support and likes, for the activities the influencers carry out and they express their motivation to travel to the same places.

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El objetivo general de esta investigación consiste en analizar el contenido de los vídeos de los youtubers de mayor impacto entre los adolescentes y su relación con la construcción de la identidad. La plataforma YouTube es una de las más utilizadas por los adolescentes españoles, ya que alrededor del 70% de los jóvenes entre 14 y 17 años prefieren esta red. Los youtubers son percibidos por los jóvenes como sus iguales, personas cercanas que comparten rasgos similares a los suyos, lo que facilita la rápida identificación con ellos. Se ha realizado un análisis cualitativo del contenido de 22 vídeos de la plataforma YouTube mediante el programa Atlas.ti. El análisis ha dado lugar a varios códigos emergentes relacionados con la construcción de la identidad personal en la adolescencia. La mayoría de los mensajes sobre la identidad personal estaban orientados a transmitir la autodefinición que hace el youtuber sobre sí mismo y la relación de esa autoimagen con su identidad de género, orientación sexual e identidad vocacional. Además, la familia y los iguales aparecen en los vídeos, especialmente como proveedores de apoyo social. Los seguidores adolescentes incluyen mensajes de apoyo al youtuber, manifiestan su identificación con los mensajes y utilizan los espacios de comentarios para exponer sus experiencias personales, expresando las mismas inquietudes en la configuración de su identidad. Es necesario tener en cuenta este nuevo espacio de interrelación en la comprensión del desarrollo identitario de los jóvenes The main objective of this research is to analyze the content of YouTuber’s videos that have the greatest impact on adolescents and their relationship with the construction of identity. The YouTube platform is one of the most commonly used by Spanish teenagers and around 70% of young people between 14 and 17 years of age prefer this network. YouTubers are perceived by young people as their equals, close people who share similar traits to their own, which facilitates rapid identification. A qualitative analysis of the content of 22 videos on the YouTube platform was carried out using the Atlas.ti program. The analysis led to several emerging codes related to the construction of adolescent personal identity. Most of the messages relating to personal identity were aimed at transmitting the self-impression of the YouTuber and the relationship of that self-impression with his gender identity, sexual orientation, and vocational identity. Also, family and peers appeared in the videos, especially as providers of social support. Teen followers include messages to support YouTubers, express their identification with the messages and use comment spaces to describe their own experiences, expressing the same concerns in the configuration of their identity. It is necessary to take into account this new space of interrelation to understand the development of young people’s identity