Um debate sobre o fenômeno da desinformação nas redes sociais a partir dos conceitos de indústria cultural e semiformação em Theodor Adorno

Abstract

Contemporary society is marked by the intensive use of digital information and communication technologies, through websites and apps available on the internet. While chatting with friends, playing games, studying, and visiting virtual communities, students are susceptible to becoming victims of disinformation on social media. In this sense, this dissertation aims to present an alternative methodology for teaching philosophy, which uses digital information and communication technologies to understand the contemporary phenomenon of disinformation disseminated on social media. The research is being developed at the Tiradentes High School, a public state school located in the city of Palmas/TO, and takes the form of qualitative research, typical of the field of Applied Humanities and Social Sciences, and an approach based on ethnography and interpretation of the meanings expressed by students based on concepts present in the Critical Theory of German philosopher Theodor Adorno. The research focused on dialectics and constant dialogue with students, aiming to produce collective knowledge based on the school curriculum, which cannot be dissociated from their reality and lives. The phenomenon of disinformation is part of this reality and directly impacts the students' educational experience. So, to what extent can philosophy education contribute to minimizing the impact on education as a way of preventing the spread of disinformation on social media? During classroom interventions, the creation of social media pages provided an opportunity for students to present their perspectives on the phenomenon of disinformation and share them with other young people, using language that is appropriate to their sociocultural context. At the end of this research, it is hoped that students will be able to identify and report misinformation with which they may come into contact on social media.