Information Overload - Related Terms

Related Terms

  • A similar term "information pollution" was coined by Jakob Nielsen
  • The term "interruption overload" has begun to appear in newspapers such as the Financial Times
  • "TMI" (too much information), an acronym alluding to information overload but often used in jest
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Continuous Partial Attention
  • Internet addiction
  • Learning curve
  • Memory
  • Mind-expanding
  • Multi-tasking

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