THE CRITICAL INFORMATION LITERACY AS RESISTANCE: An analysis on the use of information in the present time

Abstract

This article intends to discuss the relations between information and citizenship from perspectives of Ethics and Critical Information Literacy. Think about the ethics that involve information and extrapolate normative questions, considering social relations. Demonstrate the importance of promoting the Critical Information Literacy to promote participatory, autonomous ethical citizens in the exercise of their citizenship. It reinforces the relevance of the Critical Information Literacy and the role of Librarians in the improvement of this criticism and competence. Reinforces the relevance of Critical Information Literacy to resist misinformation, fake news and hoax, as well as to promote a citizen who, in the face of the flood of information, is able to critically select those that are important to him. To think about the dimensions of Information Literacy, reinforcing the importance of critical and reflexive studies that justify the use of Critical Information Literacy.