Teorias e tendências contemporâneas da Ciência da Informação

In this article we present the results of a research that sought to map the contemporary approaches and perspectives of research in information science. From an extensive bibliographical research, we reached a framework in which thirteen different theories stand out that represent new proposals of information study. Next, we tried to analyze if, in the set of these theories, it would be possible to perceive some type of tendency or common points. The analysis revealed five aspects of the concept of information: its nature as data or construction; as something individual or collective; such as accumulation of data or interference and appropriation; as something technical or inserted in everyday life; as an isolated phenomenon or inserted in a broader dynamic. Next, the Capurro scheme was used as an analytical framework. It was concluded that it is possible to perceive that the thirteen theories work with the concept of information within aspects that can be identified with the "social paradigm" identified by Capurro.