Retired people on Twitter. Analysis of narratives and seminality of elders' tweets commenting on public affairs. The case of Chile

The purpose of this research was to examine the digital behaviors of the elders on Twitter, a platform where news and public affairs are profusely commented. The topic is important, considering that, becoming active digital users, older people could participate in the social construction of reality and move towards the so-called active ageing. The study, using a quantitative methodology, analyzed textual and digital narrative in a random sample of tweets, written by Chilean users over 60 years old. In addition, seminality was calculated in these posts, in order to evaluate the ability to produce interactions with other tweeters. The results suggest a high interest in commenting on public matters, a media convergence trend and the use of digital tools in the attempt of interacting with others. Nevertheless, there still exists a 10% rate of technical errors and an almost null seminality of the posts that indicate the urgent need to improve digital literacy in this age segment.