Frequency of access to information sources in the Brazilian scenario during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.28998/cirev.2024v11e15443Keywords:
information search, Information search; Information sources; COVID-19., COVID-19.Abstract
This paper presents the results of a study on the frequency of access to information sources in the Brazilian scenario during the COVID-19 pandemic from March to July 2021. This is a descriptive study of a quantitative nature. Data was collected through an online questionnaire sent via an Internet link to Brazilian individuals who used social media and networks during the pandemic. The questionnaire was sent via email, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. To examine the data obtained from the questionnaire, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the mean of the variables and chi-square tests (x2) to analyze the differences between the proportions. The responses from the 2,785 participants showed that digital social networks (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc.) and television channels were the most frequently accessed sources of information on a daily basis. In order of frequency of access, we will follow personal sources (friends and/or colleagues and family); newspapers and/or magazines; Internet search engines; Universities; World Health Organization (WHO); scientific articles; Brazilian Ministry of Health; radio stations; National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA); hospitals and health centers. In an emergency and unusual scenario such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the results showed that the interviewees used digital social networks and television channels on a daily basis as sources of information about COVID-19.
Downloads
References
ALI, M. Y.; GATITI, P. The COVID‐19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: reflections on the roles of librarians and information professionals. Health information & libraries journal, v. 37, n. 2, p. 158-162, 2020. Disponível em: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hir.12307. Acesso em: 20 fev. 2021.
ALTMAN, D.G. et al. Statistics with confidence. 2. ed. BMJ Books, 2000.
BAZÁN, P.R. et al. COVID-19 information exposure in digital media and implications for employees in the health care sector: findings from an online survey. Einstein (São Paulo), v. 18, eAO6127, 2020. Disponível em: https:// www.scielo.br/j/eins/a/ 8p3ynzmMCgLy WVWSX3KFLck/?format=pdf&lang=en. Acesso em: 07 fev. 2021.
BIREME. Guia da BVS 2005. Disponível em: http://red.bvsalud.org/modelo-bvs/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/05/Guia-da-BVS-de-2005.pdf. Acesso em: 10 jul. 2020.
CASERO-RIPOLLÉS, A. (2020). “Impact of Covid-19 on the media system. Communicative and democratic consequences of news consumption during the outbreak”. El profesional de la información, v. 29, n. 2, e290223. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2020.mar.23. Acesso em: 09 jun. 2020.
CHOO, C. W. A Organização do Conhecimento: como as organizações usam a informação para criar significado, construir conhecimento e tomar decisões. São Paulo: SENAC, 2006.
CHU, L. et al. Obtaining Information From Different Sources Matters During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Gerontologist, v. 61, n. 2, p. 187-195, mar. 2021. Disponível em https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/61/2/187/ 6060067?login=false#. Acesso em: 16 mar. 2022.
DAVENPORT, T. H. Ecologia da Informação: por que só a tecnologia não basta para o sucesso na era da informação? 2. ed. São Paulo: Futura, 1998. 316 p.
DICKENS, C. et al. Nurse overestimation of patient’s health literacy. Journal of Health Communication, v. 18, sup. 1, p. 62-69, 2013. Disponível em: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3814908/. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2020.
DURODOLU, O. O.; IBENNE, S. K. The fake news infodemic vs information literacy. Library Hi Tech News, [S. l.]: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2020. Disponível em: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oluwole-Durodolu/publication/342081663_ The_fake_news_infodemic_vs_information_literacy/links/5ee8b249a6fdcc73be7fd340/The-fake-news-infodemic-vs-information-literacy.pdf. Acesso em: 07 jul. 2020.
HALL, A.; WALTON, G. Information overload within the health care system: a literature review. Health Information & Libraries Journal, v. 21, n. 2, p. 102–108, 1 jun. 2004. Disponível em: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2004.00506.x. Acesso em: 16 jun. 2020.
HEYMANN D.L.; SHINDO N. WHO Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards. COVID-19: what is next for public health? Lancet, v. 395, n. (10224, p. 542-545, 22 fev. 2020. Disponível em: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138015/. Acesso em: 16 jun. 2020.
JOHNSON, J. D. The seven deadly tensions of health-related human information behavior. Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, v. 18, p. 225-234, 2015. Disponível em: http://www.inform.nu/Articles/Vol18/ISJv18p225-234Johnson1715.pdf. Acesso em: 07 jul. 2020.
OLIVEIRA, E. F. T. de; FERREIRA, K. E. Fontes de informação online em arquivologia: uma avaliação métrica. Biblios, Rio Grande do Sul, v. 23, n. 2, p.69-76, 2009.
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020.
PETTIGREW, K. E.; FIDEL, R.; BRUCE, H. Conceptual frameworks in information behavior. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, v. 35, p. 43-78, 2001.
SAVOLAINEN, R. Everyday life information seeking. In: FISHER, K. E.; ERDELEZ, S.; MCKECHINE, L. (Org.). Theories of information behavior. Medford (NJ): Information Today, 2005. p. 143-148
SAVOLAINEN, R. Everyday life information seeking: Approaching information seeking in the context of “way of life”, LISR, v.17, p. 259-294. 1995. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0740818895900489. Acesso em: 10 mai. 2020.
SOROYA, S. H. et. al. From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis, Information Processing & Management, v. 58, n. 2, 102440, 2021. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030645732030933X#bib0087. Acesso em: 11 mar. 2022.
SPINK, A.; CASE, D. O. Looking for information. 3. ed. Bingley: Emerald, 2012.
TAYLOR, R. S. Information use environments. In: AUSTER, E., CHOO, C.W (Eds.) Managing information for the competitive edge. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1996. p. 93-135.
WILSON, T. D. Human information behavior. Informing Science, v.3, p. 49–56, 2000. Disponível em: https://inform.nu/Articles/Vol3/v3n2p49-56.pdf. Acesso em 07 mar. 2022.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Rolling updates on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 2020. Disponível em: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/events-as-they-happen. Acesso em: 10 maio 2020.
XIE, Bo et al. Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, v. 71, n. 12, p. 1419-1423, 2020. Disponível em: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asi.24357. Acesso em: 21 maio 2022.
ZANCHETTA, M. S. A incerteza e o comportamento de busca de informação em saúde. Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, v. 4, n. 2, 2005. Disponível em: http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/issue/archive/3. Acesso em: 06 jul. 2020.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Os autores são detentores dos direitos autorais e concedem à Ciência da Informação em Revista o direito de publicação simultaneamente disponibilizada de acordo com uma Licença Creative Commons 4.0 Internacional.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
A Ciência da Informação em Revista se reserva o direito de realizar, nos originais, verificação da (in)existência de plágio, utilizando, para tanto, o auxílio de software ou outro meio de detecção de plágio em suas diferentes manifestações.
O periodido reserva ainda o direito de realizar, nos originais, alterações de caráter normativo e gramatical, visando à manutenção de padrão, respectivamente, na estrutura e na norma culta da língua adotada.
As provas finais, em nenhum momento, serão enviadas aos autores, sendo diretamente publicadas.
Os originais, em nenhuma circunstância, serão devolvidos aos autores.
A opinião emitida pelos autores é de sua inteira e exclusiva responsabilidade.
Os autores que tiverem seus trabalhos submetidos e publicados concordam que mantêm os respectivos direitos autorais e concedem à Ciência da Informação em Revista o direito de publicação simultaneamente disponibilizada de acordo com uma Licença Creative Commons - Atribuição 4.0 Internacional.
