Political literacy, information competence and information integrity in the legislature

initial reflections from the Internship-Visit Program at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília

Abstract

It deals with reflections on political literacy, Information Literacy and information integrity that emerged from the Internship-Visit at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília-BR. It sought to understand the dialogicity between the themes based on bibliographical research. The Program, in its essence, is configured as a space for political debate on democracy and citizenship when it appropriates the principles of political literacy and Information Literacy which, by providing the educational and training bases on the critical, ethical and political use of information, provides social transformation by demonstrating to the subject the importance of considering the integrity of information when combating misinformation and fake news. It is pointed out that access to information for society is the pillar of democracy. The Democratic Rule of Law demands an intact public space and serves as a basis for healthy democratic debate and social justice for all subjects. Finally, we emphasize the importance of training people to identify and critically analyze information.