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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