Memes como fontes de informação

Abstract

Contemporary society has various forms of communication and manifestation of information, mainly on the internet and the various services it provides. Services have emerged over the years, bringing new tools and, consequently, new sources of information. Among the various sources of information available, we highlight a form of manifestation of information, which will be our object of study, Memes. This article aims to analyze the use of memes on the internet, seeking to understand how they can be used as a source of information and if this is the case, what this use can be like and what its contribution to the field of Librarianship. To this end, a narrative literature review was carried out, where the documents that allowed the study discussions were retrieved through the use of expressions submitted to the Capes Periodicals Portal and the Google Scholar search engine, in the chronological section that comprised the period of February until October 2023. With the research findings, there is evidence that memes are indeed potential sources of information, however, their use must be preceded by a careful analysis on the part of Librarians, appropriately selecting memes that may eventually corroborate in some potential specialized research, taking into account its peculiarities and eventually highlighting new aspects of studies, developing content to make the topic significant for the area.