Mediações da biblioteca para enfrentar fake news: um estudo no Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campos Belos (GO)

Abstract

Fake news has gained fertile ground, especially with social media that end up negatively affecting different sectors in our society. This research aims at investigating in which ways mediations carried out by the library of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás - Campos campus Belos (GO) with the students of this Institute can contribute to the construction of a critical attitude towards the news that circulates, specifically in relation to identifying and consuming fake news. The methodological path was constituted by means of action-research techniques, which have their social character when integrating researcher and researched in an empirical and interventional way, in the problem, to reflect and improve social and educational practices. The research was developed with ten students frequent visitors at the library of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology - Campus Campos Belos (GO), where 4 (four) mediation meetings took place. Data analysis had an interpretive nature and was based on the theoretical basis of the research, which discusses the concepts of truth, information, fraud and criticism. Upon this theoretical context, I value this research from the perspective that defends education as a primary factor in stimulating mediations and the use of technological resources for the development of critical literacies. I was able to conclude that the mediations caused the students to develop their critical literacy. Another relevant conclusion to be pointed out is the importance of the library as an active education site at school which can contribute to the construction of knowledge.