Prácticas digitales de adultas mayores en contexto de aislamiento social y preventivo ante la pandemia COVID–19

Abstract

In Argentina, as in other Spanish-speaking regions, there are few studies on virtual interactions in relation to the linguistic practices of speakers. Similarly, as the title indicates, there are also no studies on older people regarding the use of new technologies in Spanish (considering that studies in English are framed within other sociocultural realities). Therefore, this leaves space to begin researching the virtual interactions of older women participants during the pandemic in San Carlos de Bariloche. In the technological field, it will be possible to record the use, learning, adaptation of media, the evolution of technologies, and the type of messages used to interact. All of this will allow for an observation of the circumstances under which the participants engage and their intentions.

This will be made possible thanks to the conceptualizations developed over the past century on digitalization and the contributions from different discursive, communicative, sociolinguistic, and ethnographic approaches.