Abstract

GOULART RIGHETTO, Guilherme; MURIEL-TORRADO, Enrique  and  VITORINO, Elizete Vieira. “Imbecilization” in the disinformation society: what can information literacy do about it?. Investig. bibl [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.87, pp.33-55.  Epub July 30, 2021. ISSN 2448-8321.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iibi.24488321xe.2021.87.58310.

The article discusses some points about the current state of disinformation in information processes, especially in the media context. Globalization and its constant movement, of a socially asymmetrical and separatist nature, drives collective discrepancies and opens the way for what it has been called collective “imbecilization.” At this juncture, the wide-open phenomenon of disinformation in society results in excessive manipulation and distortion of information. Therefore, this discussion presents, through a bibliographic survey, the urgency of information literacy development - whose assumption consists of lifelong learning - aimed at the informational dysfunction present in the postmodern societies. Such development is denoted as a form of remediation and not the absolute eradication of the problem, since it is essential to preserve critical and self-critical thinking in order to reduce and control the quality of the information consumed and shared. It is then asserted that efforts to combat the so-called imbecilization and informational dysfunction need to occur in different spheres of social life, and involve the multidisciplinary fusion of technology, education, culture, economics and politics.

Keywords : Disinformation; Information Society; Informational Dysfunction; Information Literacy (IL).

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