Information literacy practices in times of semiotic infodemic

• Autor(a) principal: Luft, Gabriela Fernanda Cé
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: da Silveira, Filipe Xerxeneski
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: letrônica
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/37510
• topic: Information literacy; Fake news; Informational disorder; Semiotic infodemic; Covid-19; Literacia da informação; Notícias falsas; Desordem informacional; Infodemia semiótica; Covid-19

In an era where information is made available essentially on digital media, where reading occurs mainly on virtual platforms and where readers and writers are globally connected, this article evokes the concept of information literacy. For that, the concepts of initial reading instruction and literacy, proposed by Lemos (2002), Pinto (2008) and Soares (2010), are presented. Subsequently, the phenomenon of informational disorder is contextualized, which leads to a state of semiotic infodemic. The phenomenon is illustrated by the presentation of news related to the emergence, in Brazil, of the new coronavirus, which caused Covid-19, in March 2020. The text points to the need to promote initiatives for skills development that contribute to the consolidation of information literacy practices, aimed especially at teachers and students.