O fenômeno da pós-verdade e suas implicações para a agenda de pesquisa na Ciência da Informação

Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo

doi:10.5007/1518-2924.2020.e72673

The post-truth phenomenon and its implications for the information science research agenda

Authors

Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-1912

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2020.e72673

Keywords:

Post-truth, Epistemology of information science, Fake news

Abstract

Objective: We present the characteristics of the phenomenon known as post-truth and how it is placed on the information science research agenda.

Methods:An updated literature review is made about the phenomenon of post-truth and its tension with the literature on epistemology of information science, considering authors and perspectives from different countries.

Results: It is evident that the phenomenon of post-truth implies considerable changes in the way information is produced, shared, consumed and used, presenting dimensions previously unheard of in informational issues. The intellectual production of information science, which for decades has privileged certain dimensions of informational phenomena (relevance, retrieval, search strategies, dynamics of identity and memory) has not yet developed adequate categories of analysis to have a centrality in the dimension of “truth” of the information.

Conclusions: It is recommended that information science take advantage of the existing categories of analysis and theoretical models, combined with new interpretive schemes to be created, to diagnose, characterize and propose forms of resistance and action to the negative consequences of the post-truth phenomenon

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Author Biography

Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professor associado da ECI/UFMG. Pós-doutor pela Universidad de Salamanca e pela Universidade do Porto. Doutor em Ciência da Informação.

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2020-05-08

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ARAÚJO, Carlos Alberto Ávila. The post-truth phenomenon and its implications for the information science research agenda. Encontros Bibli: revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação, [S. l.], v. 25, p. 01–17, 2020. DOI: 10.5007/1518-2924.2020.e72673. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2020.e72673. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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