Post-truth: a new research object for information science

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1981-8920.2021v26n1p94

Keywords:

Epistemology of information science, Post-truth, Fake news

Abstract

Introduction: This text presents the results of a research on the evolution of information science, its concepts and problems, showing how the recent phenomenon of post-truth poses new questions for the area.
Objective: The objectives are related to the identification and characterization of the phenomenon of post-truth in order to demonstrate that it represents a new informational reality to challenge the categories previously existing in information science.
Methodology: Literature review and epistemological discussion.
Results: The results point to the need for information science to give centrality to the “truth” attribute of information, in addition to others already studied such as relevance, retrieval, relationship with knowledge, among others.
Conclusions: The phenomenon of the post-truth presents itself as the great contemporary challenge of information science, requiring greater depth in its understanding and the development of actions and strategies to deal with it.

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Author Biography

Carlos Alberto Ávila Araújo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

Doctorate in Information Science from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

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Published

2021-03-31

How to Cite

Araújo, C. A. Ávila. (2021). Post-truth: a new research object for information science. Informação & Informação, 26(1), 94–111. https://doi.org/10.5433/1981-8920.2021v26n1p94

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