A infodemia na ciência da informação: um estudo realizado com artigos indexados na Base de Dados Referenciais de Artigos de Periódicos em Ciência da Informação (BRAPCI).

Abstract

This study addresses the infodemic within the field of Information Science, considering its increase, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impacts on the circulation and access to information. Therefore, the research question is: how is scientific production on the infodemic in the field of Information Science characterized through articles indexed in BRAPCI? The general objective is to address the infodemic in the field of Information Science through articles indexed in BRAPCI, aiming to construct categories that delimit research fields in the area. The specific objectives are: to address the infodemic in the field of Information Science; to identify research themes on the infodemic; and to understand research on the topic based on the analyzed articles. The research is bibliographic in nature, with a qualitative approach, using articles indexed in BRAPCI as data sources. As a methodological procedure, data collection, analysis, and categorization were carried out, enabling the construction of five thematic categories: Infodemic from the perspective of disinformation and fake news; Infodemic from the perspective of information literacy; Infodemic from a scientific perspective; Infodemic from the perspective of Information Science and Library Science; and Infodemic from the perspective of information behavior and practices. The results demonstrate that the infodemic is an interdisciplinary phenomenon, strongly related to the dissemination of misinformation, requiring the development of information literacy skills and information mediation strategies. It is concluded that scientific production on the infodemic in this field is still consolidating, but presents multiple approaches and contributes to the understanding of the phenomenon in different contexts, indicating the need for further studies.