Não olhe para cima: pós-verdade acima de todos

Abstract

We know that lying is not a contemporary phenomenon, however it seems to have taken a prominent place in the modern era, especially in recent years, because it is directly related to other phenomena in vogue such as fake news and disinformation. Therefore, we bring the term post-truth to embrace the dichotomy between the phenomenon of contempt for information and for knowledge. This work investigates the constitutive elements of post-truth, whose context develops concomitantly with information and communication technologies. Post-truth favors contempt for the truth, mainly due to the ways in which they emerged, linked to capitalism and the new means of production. The research addresses the possibilities for an ethics of information in cyberspace, considering the democratization of access to information itself and media education, proposing the information regime as an analytical methodology, in Information Science, to understand the post-truth. Methodologically, it is a qualitative, theoretical, exploratory, descriptive and analytical research. Data collection took place from bibliographic research through primary and secondary sources. We observe that through the information regime, a path of action is made possible for the ethics of information in cyberspace, aiming to mitigate the post-truth, being necessary to transform the relations between power and information. We conclude that people who depend in some way, directly or indirectly, through materiality relationships and interactions that take place in cyberspace, suffer more from the consequences of post-truth. In order to combat the post-truth, mainly due to its systemic nature, coordinated action on several fronts is necessary: in the field of social action, promoting clarification on the scientific method, bringing science closer to the population; reduce the fancy language that alienates the layman and educate users of digital technologies. Therefore, the real possibilities for the ethics of information to be implemented in the current conjuncture of networks lies in the identification of the direct relationship between democracy and the devices of power.