Application of a Mixed Methodology to Evaluate the Interactions of Adolescents with YouTube in the Framework of Comprehensive Sexual Education

Abstract

The article presents the application of a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) test with teenagers between 15–18 years old in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico. We aim to identify what steps the teenagers follow to choose information sources coming from digital sources. The main topic is the use and appropriation of communication tools for the resolution of family conflicts with gender perspective in the frame of Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) with the aim of creating the frame of reference for the design of a mediation tool based in the principles of Human-Centered Design (HCD). In this document, we describe the stages that constitute the design methodology of Human-Centered Design that allowed us to identify the behavior and interaction that takes place between the teenagers and the digital environment that has the most presence and relevance between them for informing themselves about sexuality. The results obtained of the implementation are as follows: the delimitation of the digital environment with more relevance for teenagers between 15–18 years when they research about sexuality on the internet, the identification of the topic about sexuality that those teenagers search the most and, finally, the understanding of the interaction that takes place between the teenagers and the digital environment so we can design a mediation tool based in the principles of Human-Centered Design.