Information practices in virtual environments

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Laelson Felipe da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Wagner Junqueira de, Oliveira, Henry Poncio Cruz de, Alves, Edvaldo Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/40057
• topic: Information practices; Virtual environments; Information literacy; Information resilience; Information and communication technologies; Prácticas informativas; Entornos virtuales; Alfabetización informacional; Resiliencia informacional; Tecnologí; Práticas informacionais; Ambientes virtuais; Letramento informacional; Resiliência informacional; Tecnologia da informação e comunicação

Introduction: it studies the production on the theme "Informational Practices in Virtual Environments", considering that the relations between information and communication technologies evolve and modify the practices of the subjects which demands complex approaches in informational environments and which include the social and cultural context. Objective: to identify, in the period from 2010 to 2019, papers that discuss the theme "Informational Practices in Virtual Environments", analyzing quantitative bibliometric and altimetric aspects of this production and qualitative aspects related to the most recurrent concepts used in their respective theoretical references. Methodology: systematic literature review, by consulting the databases: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Information Science ad Technology Abstracts, Library and Information Scicente Abstracts, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text, Scopus and Web of Science. Results: 58 papers relevant to the topic were identified and analysed; in which the most frequently used keyword was "information literacy". The concepts used for the theoretical basis of the texts are: "user studies", "informational resilience", "informational literacy", "informational practices" and "virtual environments"; the countries with the highest production include the United Kingdom and the United States of America; Given, L. M. is listed as the author with the highest number of citations. Conclusions: the integration of studies of informational practices in virtual environments is still in the process of consolidation and has gradually expanded its empirical applications to virtual environments and not only to physical environments.