information poverty, social indicators, social inclusion, quantitative methods
Faced with the need to understand the role of information in social inclusion processes, from a critical perspective, which goes beyond digital exclusion, to incorporate informational actions in social development strategies, this thesis project presents a multidimensional method of measuring levels of access and use of information by individuals and communities, through the information poverty index, based on Chatman's theory (1996). Descriptive study in terms of purposes, divided into three methodological phases: a) bibliographical review to discuss theoretical and conceptual aspects related to poverty in information and studies of informational environments; b) elaboration of the information poverty index through the application of questionnaires with specialists in the areas of information and social development, whose data will be analyzed based on the categories “dimensions”, “method” and “validation”; and, c) application of the method developed in two population groups in situations of vulnerability and social risk - with a view to the territorial and historical comparability evaluation and possible statistical associations with social indicators of health, income, nutrition and education