THE PROFESSIONAL OF INFORMATION: ways and challenges towards an inclusive society
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Profissional da Informação, Sociedade Inclusiva, Educação a Distância, Redes Sociais, Ação CulturalAbstract
The main goal of the present paper is to consider the needs of perspectives enlargement of the social paradigm of information by recognizing the information as a social construction with a dynamic and an argumentative nature. One of the main points of the discussion is the important role of information in the individual’s act of acquiring knowledge and in the development of citizenship by considering the access of information as a right of the citizen. In this direction, questions related to the possible contributions of the professional of information in the process of social and digital inclusion in Brazil are raised. So that, three challenges are pointed out for the professional performance in the context of an inclusive society: Distance Education, Social Networks and Cultural Actions. It is believed that the development of these challenges is essential in the contemporary society due to the following reasons, the constant use of technologies in providing educational services, the appearance of a new concept for an understanding of complex systems of social organization and the importance culture has taken towards the structure and organization of the current society.Downloads
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2007-05-25
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Ribas, C., & Ziviani, P. (2007). THE PROFESSIONAL OF INFORMATION: ways and challenges towards an inclusive society. Informação &Amp; Sociedade, 17(3). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/ies/article/view/638
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