Seniores portugueses em confinamento: redes sociais online combatem o isolamento social e a solidão

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https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS0020211940

Keywords:

Redes sociais online, Pandemia, Seniores, Inclusão social, Inclusão digital, Bem-estar

Abstract

Durante o confinamento por motivo da pandemia COVID-19 em Portugal, os seniores viram as suas atividades sociais e familiares interrompidas. O isolamento social e a solidão eram um desafio a superar por se encontrarem afastados dos familiares e amigos e, até privados das suas rotinas diárias e atividades de lazer. Considerando que as redes sociais online se tornaram uma forma de socialização e de integração social para alguns seniores em Portugal e atendendo a que o seu uso está positivamente ligado à inclusão social (Richter et al., 2013), procedeu-se a um estudo com base em entrevistas semiestruturadas por telefone durante o confinamento. A amostra não probabilística e por conveniência abrangeu 19 seniores com perfil criado no Facebook. Os dados tratados em MAXQDA2020 visaram as abordagens qualitativa e quantitativa sustentadas em análise categorial. Com esta pesquisa pretendeu-se analisar os comportamentos dos seniores face ao uso das redes sociais online e como estas poderiam contribuir para minimizar o isolamento social e ajudar a reduzir o sentimento de solidão. A investigação evidenciou a existência de uma maior propensão destes indivíduos no uso das redes sociais online. Especificamente, utilizaram o Facebook para comunicarem, se relacionarem e manterem o contacto com a sua rede e como forma de entretenimento para ocuparem o tempo livre. Outra descoberta importante desta investigação foi os seniores possuírem, em período de maior isolamento, uma maior predisposição para o uso de novas ferramentas e plataformas que os ajudaram a manter os relacionamentos, as atividades offline e a participação social.

Author Biographies

Tiago Lapa, Iscte-IUL

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Integrated Researcher, CIES-IUL

Célia Reis, Iscte-IUL

PhD Candidate, Communications Sciences

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Published

2021-05-04

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Lapa, T., & Reis, C. (2021). Seniores portugueses em confinamento: redes sociais online combatem o isolamento social e a solidão. Observatorio (OBS*). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS0020211940

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Circum-navegando as repercussões socio-mediáticas do contexto pandémico

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