Digital Preservation in Social Media: a systematic literature review

This article aimed to investigate the current scenario of the application of digital preservation strategies in social media, trying to understand, mainly, the concepts, challenges and strategies involved in this process. In order to do so, it was sought a broader view of the scientific productions on the subject at SCOPUS, LISA, SciELO and BRAPCI databases, from July 2013 to July 2018. It was used a systematic review of literature and bibliometrics, for tabulations and analysis of the data surveyed, based on the guidelines established by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes - PRISMA. It was identified a sign of dissonance between research on digital preservation in social media in Brazil and in the world. It was verified that the topic most discussed by the authors encompassed the challenges faced in the digital preservation in social media, among which they cited the selection of what should be preserved and ethical and privacy issues, among others. It was concluded that this is a frontier and interdisciplinary topic and that it has literature scarce and predominantly in the English language.