Overload!

Journalism’s battle for relevance in an 
age of too much information

The idea that news consumers, even young ones, are overloaded should hardly come as a surprise. The information age is defined by output: we produce far more information than we can possibly manage, let alone absorb. Before the digital era, information was limited by our means to contain it. Publishing was restricted by paper and delivery costs; broadcasting was circumscribed by available frequencies and airtime. The Internet, on the other hand, has ... Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
4.7
by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov. 19, 2008

Needs editing, but otherwise outstanding discussion of the effects of information overload on choice, attention, learning, etc.

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