Information Overload or Wrong Platform?

Monday, 3 December 2012

How we read, not what we read, may be contributing to our information overload 

- A new study finds that the use of computers and Facebook are more associated with information overload than the use of television and iPhones.  By

This article looks at a recent study by Avery Holton and Iris Chyi:  “News and the Overloaded Consumer: Factors Influencing Information Overload Among News Consumers”, which surveyed more than 750 adults about their news and information consumption habits. 27% report experiencing no feelings of being overloaded with 73% reporting experiencing information overload  to some extent.  The findings show a correlation between the type of platform used to discover the latest headlines and that of users' perceptions of feeling overloaded.

Posted by Sally Peat at 12:05  

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