O profissional da informação e o seu compromisso ético com a procedência da informação: uma análise do fenômeno das fake news à luz do IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other information workers

Dalessandro, Rafael, Guimarães, José Augusto and Sales, Rodrigo O profissional da informação e o seu compromisso ético com a procedência da informação: uma análise do fenômeno das fake news à luz do IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other information workers., 2019 [Preprint]

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Information Science (CI) interacts with different fields of knowledge through a wide spectrum of processes ranging from the production of information from a socially generated knowledge, through its organization in different ways, to reach its use and appropriation by society so that a new knowledge can be generated, in a helical process (Guimarães 2009). However, it requires that its processes are permeated by reliability, thus avoiding damages to the user and society as a whole. These damages, among others, may come from the so-called Fake News, news that occur and circulate in various media and that, for the most part, intentionally manufacture or manipulate content and thus lead to a dissemination - and appropriation - of false information. The World Wide Web and its current configuration made it easy to exchange and share information, thus enabling the creation, processing and dissemination of content at any time, but also, as Froehlich (2017) emphasizes, has made possible the dissemination of prejudices, prejudices and stupidity, so that, as the author points out, concomitant with the direct information was created the right to ignorance. Today, Fake News is an effective challenge for the information professionals, demanding an increasingly critical and cautious look at the facts that are constantly exploited by such false news, thus creating a scenario that highlights an issue (Froehlich, 1994, 1997, 2017) interferes with ethical decisions, such as social responsibility and respect for other individuals / institutions, which lead to a commitment to information and to the user ( Guimarães 2000). As a result, the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) brought to light, in 2012, the Code of ethics for librarians and other information workers (IFLA 2012), and more recently the infographic "How to Spot Fake News" (IFLA 2017) as options to be followed in order to avoid misconduct and spread of false news by information professionals. In order to achieve the objective of the research that aims to analyze the Fake News domain from the perspective of the code of ethics proposed by IFLA and, thus, to identify the ethical dimensions of this code more directly susceptible to the Fake News phenomenon, the analysis of content (Bardin 1977) was applied and it was contacted that the Fake News reach all dimensions provided for in the IFLA code, with particular emphasis on the commitment of the professional with the information itself and its access, as well as on their commitment to the well-being of the user, revealing, in the identification and combat of the Fake News, a new facet of the ethical concerns of these professionals.

Item type:	Preprint
Keywords:	Fake News. Ética Profissional. Profissionais da Informação. IFLA.
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields . B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user:	Mr. Rafael Dalessandro
Date deposited:	16 Sep 2019 07:21
Last modified:	16 Sep 2019 07:21
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/38966