Mediation of information

paths of a research group at the Universidade Estadual Paulista

Abstract

The mediation of information has positioned itself as a topic of study in expansion in the field of Science and can be approached by exploring its possible contributions in several other areas of knowledge. This article aims at a study of the type of experience report that approaches the formation of the research group of study on mediation of the information developed in the Post-Graduate Program in Science of the Information (PPGCI) of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). In addition to presenting a timeline on the origin and qualitative evolution of the Group's academic production, specifically in the Meetings of Research Line 3: “Management, Mediation and Use of Information”. Methodologically, it is a descriptive and exploratory study, in which both the questionnaire and documentary research were adopted, on the one hand, to be able to know the members of the group, their interests and values, and on the other hand, to be able to radiograph the academic production presented in the expanded summaries of the dissertations and theses on information mediation. As a result, it illustrates, in figures and tables, data from the members of the research group, such as the methods used, as well as the approaches of interest, in addition to the integration of the themes Information and Society. As final considerations, the research group facilitates the exchange of knowledge and the construction of collaborative networks, thus enhancing the training and training of professionals with multicultural skills and global thinking. It also shows in figures how the study of Information Mediation is on the rise within Research Line 3: “Management, Mediation and Use of Information” at PPGCI-Unesp.