The voter’s information behavior under the perspective of Brazilian democracy

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Leonardo Pereira Pinheiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Santos, Beatriz Rosa Pinheiro dos, Moraes, Cássia Regina Bassan de, Valentim, Marta Lígia Pomim, Damian, Ieda Pelogia Martins
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/10437
• topic: Comportamento informacional.; Democracia.; Estudos de usuários.; Informação Política.; Comportamiento informacional.; Democracia.; Estudios de usuarios.; Información política.; Democracy.; Information behavior.; Political information.; User studies.

Due to the setbacks that have occurred throughout the history of Brazilian democracy, and the importance of providing the population's empowerment, it can be affirmed that voting is a valuable instrument for the citizen to make changes in the face of this fragile condition. From this perspective, the following questions are discussed: what are the voters' priorities? Are voters well informed about candidates for political office? What are the sources of information most used to know the candidates and their proposals? This paper aims to analyze the patterns of information behavior of voters, elucidating the ways in which voters prepare to vote through the search and use of information. Therefore, a quantitative and exploratory survey with three hundred voters of all regions of Brazil was carried out, through questionnaires. It was verified that the information behavior of voters is influenced by different socioeconomic aspects. It was found that, in the lower social class, there is a pressing need for effective appropriation of information to effect conscious voting, while the higher social statement needs to overcome skepticism about the transforming power of the vote.