Empowerment as an experience of active aging of an older adult journalist

Abstract

Empowerment constitutes an opportunity for the appropriation of the environment in terms of productivity, for that, it is necessary to interrelate in this article the experience of an older adult in a means of social communication such as radio for active aging. The purpose is to value empowerment as an active aging experience of an older journalist, being a reference for experiences of this same nature, that is why the naturalistic-interpretive paradigm and case study method are assumed, as information collection techniques, observation was used and interview supported by observation guide and interview respectively, while discourse analysis, categorization and contrast were assumed to interpret the information. The results show that the older adult manages in his daily doing knowledge related to the use of radio, empowerment, learning, aging, motivation to characterize his experience of active aging as an older adult. It is recommended to socialize the experience exposed in this article as an opportunity for other older adults who wish to venture into this type of scenario.