O impacto dos algoritmos na mediação da informação

Abstract

The advancement of information and communication technologies has enabled significant changes in the relationships of access, use, consumption, production and dissemination of information through the algorithms used in social media platforms, recommendation systems and databases, impacting society in general and in the practices of Librarians in the information mediation process. Thus, it becomes necessary to discuss the main impacts and their consequences on the social formation and knowledge of individuals, since algorithms play an increasingly important role as mechanisms for selecting and organizing information. In this sense, the general objective of the article is to identify the main impacts of algorithmic mediation on the librarian's work. To achieve this end, information mediation is conceptualized, some types of algorithms are briefly presented, and an analysis of the main impacts of algorithms on information mediation practices carried out by librarians is discussed. The present study consists of a theoretical and exploratory research, with results treated in a qualitative way, from the collection of information in secondary sources. By conducting the research process, it was possible to conclude that one of the main impacts of algorithms on information mediation practices carried out by librarians involves the social dimension of knowledge sharing. The development of information literacy in the context of algorithmic mediation is a relevant tool in dialogical actions with a view to appropriating information. Librarians, as mediators and social agents, are essential for questioning the structures proposed by the current digital information industry and in promoting open spaces for thought, not only of the manifestations of knowledge of dominant groups, but of all voices.