The role of the information professional in combating and confronting disinformation: from a perspective for archivists and librarians

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Jônatas Edison da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Dias, Thiago Magela Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista EDICIC
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.edicic.org/revistaedicic/article/view/156
• topic: Ciencia de la información; Profesional de la Información; Archiveros; Bibliotecarios; Desinformación; Ciência da Informação; Profissional da Informação; Arquivistas; Bibliotecários; Desinformação; Information Science; Information Professionals; Archivists; Librarians; Disinformation

This research has as themes post-truth, disinformation, fake news, and the professionals in the labor market, in the context of a (dis)information society. The research aims to identify the role of the information professional to face and combat misinformation, presenting the competencies for Archivists and Librarians. Regarding methodology, we opted for a bibliographic, exploratory, and documental research with a qualitative approach, using a bibliographic survey. We used the Database of Periodicals in Information Science (BRAPCI) and Web of Science (WoS) to retrieve scientific articles until 2021 that contain in highlight the role of the librarian or archivists to face misinformation. Twenty-two scientific articles were found that met the research objective. The role of the information, communication and legal professional in the face of the rapid and easy proliferation of fake news and that has allowed to make uninformed users is presented. Archivists and librarians have sought education to act in this scenario. The labor market has also changed, in contemporary society the professional needs to acquire new skills and abilities to face the problems of a world in constant transformation and learning how to learn and solve dilemmas is a skill and role of the archivist and librarian of the 21st century.