Chapter 20: Information Overload 

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What I expect to learn?

I expect to learn about Information Overload

Quote:

“Information overload, as we have seen, involves more than just the exposure of an

agent to excessive amounts of information: that agent must also suffer certain negative

effects as a result.”              

Review:

Information overload: Exposure to or provision of too much information; a problematic situation or state of mental stress arising from this. It is also refers to the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic. Information overload, as we have seen, involves more than just the exposure of an agent to excessive amounts of information: that agent must also suffer certain negative effects as a result. The solution to this control crisis, Beniger explains, was a “control revolution”: the development of a whole series of innovations in information technologies and practices. There is an irony in the increased production and use of information goods, however, an irony that has become increasingly clear throughout the more than century-long process of informatization. Information overload is one of the side effects of an information society operating under a “more-faster-better” philosophy of life.

What I Learned?

• Information overload

Integrative Question:

1. What is information overload?

Information overload: Exposure to or provision of too much information; a problematic situation or state of mental stress arising from this. It is also refers to the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic.

1. What is involved in information overload?

Information overload, as we have seen, involves more than just the exposure of an

agent to excessive amounts of information: that agent must also suffer certain negative

effects as a result.

What is solution on control crisis?

The solution to this control crisis, Beniger explains, was a “control revolution”: the

development of a whole series of innovations in information technologies and

practices.

What is the irony on production?

There is an irony in the increased production and use of information goods,

however, an irony that has become increasingly clear throughout the more than

century-long process of informatization.

What is the colclusion of the chapter?

information overload is one of the side effects of

an information society operating under a “more-faster-better” philosophy of life.

Discussion:

1. What is information overload?

Information overload: Exposure to or provision of too much information; a problematic situation or state of mental stress arising from this. It is also refers to the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic.

1. What is involved in information overload?

Information overload, as we have seen, involves more than just the exposure of an

agent to excessive amounts of information: that agent must also suffer certain negative

effects as a result.

1. What is solution on control crisis?

The solution to this control crisis, Beniger explains, was a “control revolution”: the

development of a whole series of innovations in information technologies and

practices.

1. What is the irony on production?

There is an irony in the increased production and use of information goods,

however, an irony that has become increasingly clear throughout the more than

century-long process of informatization.

1. What is the colclusion of the chapter?

information overload is one of the side effects of

an information society operating under a “more-faster-better” philosophy of life.