The dimensions of mediation of information as the foundation for mediation of reading for the elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Calheira, Fausto José Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Raquel do Rosário
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Em Questão (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/112916
• topic: Mediation of reading; Information mediation; Dimensions of information mediation; Elderly; Mediação da leitura; Mediação da informação; Dimensões da mediação da informação; Idosos

The practice of reading enables the exchange of important information and supports the development of the intellectual capacities and the critical sense of the subjects. Reading mediation also contributes to the process of (re)construction of knowledge and, at the same time, aims to provide autonomy in face of the interpretation and emotions that are generated at the time of reading. In this perspective, this study aimed to highlight the scope of the dimensions of information mediation proposed by Gomes (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019a, 2019b) in reading mediation activities with the elderly. As for the methodology, the qualitative approach was adopted, using the documentary method. We sought to articulate the theoretical, conceptual and analytical aspects that supported the discussion on reading mediation activities with the elderly, carried out and documented by long-term institutions located in Salvador, Bahia. Through reflective development, it could be considered that the mediator, when seeking a conscious performance in reading mediation activities, to reach the five dialogical, aesthetic, formative, ethical and political dimensions, starts to contribute to the process of resignification of the elderly’s life and with the appropriation of information by the subjects involved in the mediating action, which will favor the strengthening of social protagonism.