Cultural practices and social behavior in information

Authors

  • Nadi Helena Presser Departamento de Ciência da Informação. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • José Antonio Moreiro González Departamento de Biblioteconomia y Documentación. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19132/1808-5245233.11-31

Keywords:

Culture. Social norms. Behavior in information. Social context.

Abstract

The essay aims to investigate how the social aspects of human behavior shape the process of identifying the needs, the search and the use of information. The idea is to expand the debate in Information Science (IS) regarding the theoretical and methodological perspectives of the social paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the analysis is based on the theoretical-epistemological contribution of Bauman, more specifically, on his critique of the fundamental bases of the culture concept in its social dimension. These assumptions are closer to IS based on the theoretical approaches of Chatman, which analyze the factors that operate as barriers to information in environments dominated by social norms. These referents suggest moving the concept of culture beyond the scope of reproducing a set of collectively accepted norms and values, to a position where social action becomes a dynamic transformation of the social environment.

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Author Biographies

Nadi Helena Presser, Departamento de Ciência da Informação. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professora permanente do Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência da Informação (PPGCI) e do Mestrado em Gestão Pública (MGP) da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

José Antonio Moreiro González, Departamento de Biblioteconomia y Documentación. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Professor catedrático de Biblioteconomia e Documentação da Universidade Carlos III de Madri Espanha. Doutor em História pela UNED. Faculdade de Geografía e História da Espanha.

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Published

2017-08-21

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PRESSER, N. H.; MOREIRO GONZÁLEZ, J. A. Cultural practices and social behavior in information. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 23, n. 3, p. 11–31, 2017. DOI: 10.19132/1808-5245233.11-31. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/72121. Acesso em: 1 may. 2025.

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