A new form of communication for the citizen Senior: Facebook

Authors

  • Gina Maria Gouveia Páscoa Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal.
  • Henrique Manuel Pires Teixeira Gil Escola Superior de Educação (ESE) do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB), Portugal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i1p09-29

Keywords:

Facebook, Senior, Active Ageing.

Abstract

This paper presents a research with senior citizens and their interactions with the digital social network Facebook. The main objective was to understand the contribution of Facebook in promoting active ageing. It is a qualitative case study in a computer class at a university of the third age of Castelo Branco (Portugal), attended by a group of 13 seniors. The results showed that Facebook is used to communicate, combat loneliness and as a way of lifelong learning.


Author Biographies

Gina Maria Gouveia Páscoa, Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal.

Licenciada em Enfermagem. Pós-Graduada em Gerontologia, Mestre em Política Social. Doutoranda em Política Social no Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP) da Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal.

 

Henrique Manuel Pires Teixeira Gil, Escola Superior de Educação (ESE) do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB), Portugal.

Pós-Doutorado em Políticas Sociais pelo Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP) da Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Portugal. Professor Adjunto da Escola Superior de Educação (ESE) do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB), Portugal.

 

Downloads

Published

2015-03-30

How to Cite

Páscoa, G. M. G., & Gil, H. M. P. T. (2015). A new form of communication for the citizen Senior: Facebook. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(1), 09–29. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i1p09-29

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Papers

License

Kairós Gerontologia owns the copyright of all published material. The whole reproduction of the articles of this Journal in other publications or for any other purpose, by any means, requires a written permission of the editor of this journal. Partial reproductions of articles (abstracts, more than 500 words text, tables, figures and other illustrations) must have a permission written by the publisher and the authors.