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The popularization of ICTs and the availability of information have not influenced the habits of prevention - cancers are lately diagnosed, as before in the scarcity of information era. This paper analyzes patterns of accesses to the National Cancer Institute website (already described in previous articles) as well as contradictions between the purposes and results of cancer prevention campaigns. We identified a reactive pattern of queries which was indifferent to information on prevention, but interested in treatment technologies and news about celebrity's diseases. These findings contrast with the paradigm of the best data for decision making, based in the heteronomy of "banking education", its means and efficacy. We discussthe symbolic power of campaigns under the theoretical framework of emotional heuristic models - analytical tools rarely employed in studies of risks, but here considered essential elements to the comprehention of public perception of health. Ambiguities are portrayed and as well as its pendulum between certainties and uncertainties in the midst on which they are formed. It is discussed the risk tripartition - as perception, analysis and policy, the latest posed as a public clash between the first concerning the major risks aligned to their historical circumstances.
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Comportamento de Busca de Informação , Internet , Neoplasias , Tomada de Decisões , Emoções , Humanos , RiscoRESUMO
Resumo A popularização das Tecnologias para disponibilidade de informações não influenciaram os hábitos de prevenção. O presente texto analisa padrões de acessos ao site do Instituto Nacional de Câncer descritos em artigos anteriores, assim como as distâncias entre propósitos e resultados das campanhas de prevenção do câncer. Identifica-se um padrão reativo de buscas que se mostra indiferente às informações sobre prevenção, embora interessado em tecnologias de tratamento e na veiculação de notícias sobre doenças de celebridades. Isso contrasta com o paradigma das melhores informações para as decisões, radicado na heteronomia da educação bancária coletiva, seus meios e resolutividade. Discute-se a potência simbólica das campanhas à luz dos modelos heurísticos emocionais – ferramentas analíticas não classicamente empregadas nos estudos sobre riscos, mas aqui considerados elementos estruturantes à percepção pública da saúde. Retrata-se ambiguidades da cultura de risco, seu pendular entre certezas e inseguranças em meio às quais estes se formam e reconformam. Teoriza-se sobre a tripartição do risco como percepção, análise e política, sendo esta última representada pelo embate público entre as primeiras perante os riscos mais candentes ligados às circunstâncias históricas.
Abstract The popularization of ICTs and the availability of information have not influenced the habits of prevention - cancers are lately diagnosed, as before in the scarcity of information era. This paper analyzes patterns of accesses to the National Cancer Institute website (already described in previous articles) as well as contradictions between the purposes and results of cancer prevention campaigns. We identified a reactive pattern of queries which was indifferent to information on prevention, but interested in treatment technologies and news about celebrity’s diseases. These findings contrast with the paradigm of the best data for decision making, based in the heteronomy of “banking education”, its means and efficacy. We discussthe symbolic power of campaigns under the theoretical framework of emotional heuristic models - analytical tools rarely employed in studies of risks, but here considered essential elements to the comprehention of public perception of health. Ambiguities are portrayed and as well as its pendulum between certainties and uncertainties in the midst on which they are formed. It is discussed the risk tripartition – as perception, analysis and policy, the latest posed as a public clash between the first concerning the major risks aligned to their historical circumstances.