Fontes de informação para usuários surdos: mapeamento na web

Abstract

It is understood that information sources can be used as a channel for the dissemination of information. These sources can be given through various forms of knowledge. The exploratory research aimed to carry out a survey of the sources of information for deaf users in all spheres. The study methodology included two phases of research: one bibliographical and the other on the Internet and relating to a qualitative approach. The research site was the web and the university's Integrated Academic Activities Management System (SIGAA) was used for bibliographic research. After searching for sources of information in the digital environment, we list the sources for deaf users and we have described some of them. The results allowed the identification of some types of information sources aimed at the deaf and the research also made it possible to identify relevant factors in the process of inclusion of the deaf in the digital environment, the different types of deaf information sources. At the end of the research we realized that in order to obtain a greater number of sources of information, it is necessary that we expand the search field further. We also conclude that the mapping of information sources for deaf people allows quick and practical access to information so that this facility allows deaf people to escape from invisibility and actually insert themselves into society through virtual environments.