Qualitative research: origins, development and utilization of dissertations PPGCI/UFPB - 2008 to 2012

Authors

  • Edvaldo Carvalho Alves Universidade Federal da Paraíba.
  • Mirian de Albuquerque Aquino Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Keywords:

Pesquisa Qualitativa. Ciência da Informação. Dissertações Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação.

Abstract

Discusses the characteristics of qualitative research through the reconstruction of their development process in general and particularly in the field of Information Science. Spells out the contributions of such research to a deeper understanding of social reality, in particular, the phenomenon informational maps and their use in dissertations in the Graduate Program in Information Science for the period 2008 to 2012. Of the 66 papers analyzed, there is a predominance of qualitative research in two lines of research PPGCI / UFPB, with the use of various methods, techniques and tools for collecting and analyzing data characteristic of this type of research, in particular, interviews, document analysis, content analysis, semiotics and direct observation.

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Author Biographies

Edvaldo Carvalho Alves, Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Carlos, Brasil. Professor do programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil.

Mirian de Albuquerque Aquino, Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. Professora do programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil.

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How to Cite

Alves, E. C., & Aquino, M. de A. (2012). Qualitative research: origins, development and utilization of dissertations PPGCI/UFPB - 2008 to 2012. Informação & Sociedade, 22. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/ies/article/view/13678

Issue

v.22, Número Especial

Section

Memórias Científicas Originais

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