Da informa？？o à liberdade: um percurso de conhecimento

this paper reviews the literature on the study of information, considering the information as the product and the producer during the process of knowledge dissemination. besides presents the flow that is drawn between the birth of information and their transformation into knowledge. the paper begins a discussion about knowledge and his link with freedom. in this respect, the concept of citizenship is shown and considered an achievement of the individual and an way possible of make the community capable of make his development process. analyzing the ideas explored by the bibliographic research, we propose a new perspective on the study of media, pointing to information as the basis for reaching prospective goals of freedom.