RT Journal Article
T1 Critical information literacy as a form of information activism
T2 Alfabetización informacional crítica como forma de activismo en información
A1 Colmenero Ruiz, María Jesús
A1 Cuevas Cervero, María Aurora
A1 Martínez Ávila, Daniel
AB Information literacy emerged in the 1970s to address information needs in an active and critical way. However, the increasing availability of information and the evolution of technology led information literacy to focus more on instrumental aspects and less on its cognitive, axiological, and critical dimensions. As a response, a new wave emerged to explicitly focus on the most critical and emancipatory aspects: Critical Information Literacy (CIL). This concept has been developed in a dynamic and spontaneous way through the various practices and publications on the topic and as a reflection of the social advances in recent decades. In this paper, CIL is presented as a means of action for informational activism to promote changes in society aligned with the values of human rights and social justice. We present a review of the main authors that have worked with CIL, including the active scene in Brazil and its Freirean influence, aiming at systematizing the concept and its main characteristics in a global landscape dominated by misinformation and absence of informational and digital competences. The concept of informational activism is presented and discussed as one of the main lines of action for Library and Information Science in today's polarized society.
PB Eselvier
SN 0099-1333
YR 2023
FD 2023-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88590
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88590
LA eng
NO Cuevas-Cerveró, Aurora; Colmenero-Ruiz, María-Jesús; Martínez-Ávila, Daniel. Critical information literacy as a form of information activism. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 49, Issue 6, 2023, 102786, ISSN 0099-1333, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102786
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 jul 2024