A Theoretical Conversation about Responses to Information Overload
In this study, information overload is viewed through the lenses of Library & Information
Science and Communication Theory in order to oer recommended solutions for individuals
experiencing overload. The purpose of this research was to apply LIS and COMM theories to the
pathologies and symptoms of information overload as experienced by individuals in an increasingly
digital world. Extant survey work was reviewed and updated with literature collected through
limited keyword searches.
Avoiding Information Overload to Cope with Stress and Anxiety During a Pandemic
COVID-19—the disease caused by the novel coronavirus—and the information overload it has caused, has increased worldwide levels of stress and anxiety. This article reviews the problem and what people can do about it.
The effects of information overload on online conversation dynamics
The inhibiting effects of information overload on the behavior of online social media users, can affect the population-level characteristics of information dissemination through online conversations. The article introduces a mechanistic, agent-based model of information overload and investigates the effects of information overload threshold and rate of information loss on observed online phenomena.
Managing Information Overload in the Digital Workplace
The article takes a holistic approach to managing information overload and proposes multiple ways to reduce it, becoming healthier and more productive at work
Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It
The book investigates work redesign strategies to address burnout, overload, and turnover and is based on a major field experiment in a Fortune 500 firm.
Information Overload and Infodemic in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Information overload during the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused an “infodemic” in which false news,
conspiracy theories, magical cures and racist news are being shared at an alarming rate, with the potential to
increase anxiety and stress and even lead to loss of life. This review highlights some of these challenges and
suggests general measures to avoid information overload and infodemic in the connected world of 21st century.
Managing information overload in children
This short article has some thought provoking assertions about the impact of abundant unfiltered content on young children, like “What makes tablets and iPhones so great is the dozens of stimuli at your fingertips, and the ability to process multiple actions simultaneously. This is exactly what young brains do not need.”
Smartphones and our information overload
The internet, and the ever-present smartphones from which we cannot detach ourselves, are changing the ways we relate to technology – and, at the same time, changing the way we use our brains. Senior Contributor Ted Koppel talks with technology critic Nicholas Carr, software developer Justin Rosenstein, “media psychologist” Byron Reeves, and Sen. Mark Warner about how the internet and social media have become weaponized, and how it is our attention spans that are being targeted.
How To Better Manage Information Overload In The Workplace
A CEO gives his take on information overload and how he mitigates it in his company.
Our Shrinking Attention Span and What to Do About It
It is no secret that the attention span of today’s people is embarrassingly short. This post discusses some of the implications for all of us – as individuals, as employees, as managers, and as parents.