Competência em informação e inclusão digital: um estudo nas bases de dados BRAPCI, Scopus e SciElo

Abstract

In the Knowledge Society, information becomes the most important element of economic growth and social/digital development. In this context, the research had as general objective to analyze the theoretical and empirical relationship between the terms "competence in information" and "digital inclusion"; "informational competence" and "digital inclusion" and "critical competence in information" and "digital inclusion". To this end, its specific objectives were to map, discuss, relate and propose a convergence of attributes of competence in information, which promote digital inclusion. We used a basic methodology, with a qualitative-quantitative approach, of a bibliographic and descriptive nature. The research used the Boolean indicators AND and/or OR in the three terms: 'information competence' AND 'digital inclusion' OR 'informational competence' OR 'digital inclusion' and 'critical information competence' AND 'digital inclusion', in order to quantify the relevant number of publications of articles from scientific journals interrelated to research. The collection period took place in the month and January of 2022, the survey quantified a universe of 124 publications retrieved, 07 were duplicated, and in about 117, the technical reading was made, which resulted in the exclusion of 85 articles, thus, the corpus of analysis took place in 32 articles of scientific journal. It was observed, in the first stage of the analysis, that the relationship between the terms was effected only by one author of the analyzed texts, a fact that draws attention, given that this relationship is a relevant theme in the digital age, especially for the field of Information Science in Brazil, especially from the critical perspective of Information Science and Technology. It was also noticed that the Brazilian political system of digital inclusion needs to invest in teaching-learning environments, in order to contribute to the development of competence in information, including archives, libraries, museums and cultural centers, as they are places that build information and knowledge, as well as the use and appropriation of information in the digital environment, as an instrument conquest of citizenship of all and for all. It is concluded that the main challenge of CoInfo in the current conjuncture is centered on the processes of systemic digital exclusion on a global scale, nullifies the various models of development, especially the sustainable one. To the extent there is no Information Society, since they lack the characteristic attributes, such as ethics, morals, citizen conscience, socio-political character, as well as epistemic justice. It can be stated that, in a certain way, the race for the construction of an Information Society in Brazil, which occurred in the 2000s, is still in process, needing to emphasize that digital inclusion cannot be understood only as a synonym for the installation and use of computers by the low-income population, only focused on training: technicist, ableism and instrumentalism, and yes, as an instrument applied to social, sustainable, political, economic, cultural and informational development, thus enhancing the capacity for criticality on the social reality and the individual is inserted, in order to contribute to its social and digital transformation.