O combate às fake news por graduandos em Biblioteconomia

Abstract

This research aims to seek a better understanding of the behavior of students in the last semester of the Libraryscience course at the Federal University of Ceará regarding the checking of news. Since this is a possible área of expertise for the librarian, we sought to analyze whether students already have the habit of checking doubt full news. The research is descriptive and has a quantitative and qualitative approach. The data collection procedure was performed using a questionnaire formulated using the Google Forms platform. The results show that students are attentive to the signs of possible false news and, although they know some sites that carry out news checking, few of these options are used. The result is positive, because, in the majority, students tend to check the information that seems doubtful in addition to having the habit of alerting people who share such information.