Consequences Of Information Overload Research Articles

Information overload and sleep disorders

Due to the processes of globalization and transition to the information society their negative effects started to become apparent, namely virtually unlimited access to an abundance of information. Information overload occurs when the amount of information exceeds the perceptual abilities of accepting human being. It questions the impact of this process on health and sleep. Such phenomena as mind scrolling, communicative overload, distrust of digital security, cyber violence, digital inequality as mediators or consequences of information overload are considered. This article reviews the types of the information overload, ways of disseminating information, mechanisms of influence on the self-rated health and psychological condition and sleep, connections with anxiety and depression. This subject became especially relevant in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, since isolation, restriction of motor activity, and increased time spent behind the screen have become important predictors not only of sleep disorders, but also of other health problems. The article addresses the issue of subjects of studies are usually teenagers and people under 35 (generation Z), as the most active smartphones, messengers, social networks and mass media users. The problem of providing unfair information to users of social networks of different regions of residence, socio-economic levels is raised. Most scientists agree that the ways to solve the described problems are to limit the time behind the screen, the amount of content consumed per day, and compliance with sleep hygiene. Additional studies are required to determine the exact pathophysiological mechanisms of the effect of stress on sleep.

Information overload: a concept analysis

PurposeWith the shift to an information-based society and to the de-centralisation of information, information overload has attracted a growing interest in the computer and information science research communities. However, there is no clear understanding of the meaning of the term, and while there have been many proposed definitions, there is no consensus. The goal of this work was to define the concept of “information overload”. In order to do so, a concept analysis using Rodgers' approach was performed.Design/methodology/approachA concept analysis using Rodgers' approach based on a corpus of documents published between 2010 and September 2020 was conducted. One surrogate for “information overload”, which is “cognitive overload” was identified. The corpus of documents consisted of 151 documents for information overload and ten for cognitive overload. All documents were from the fields of computer science and information science, and were retrieved from three databases: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library, SCOPUS and Library and Information Science s (LISA).FindingsThe themes identified from the authors’ concept analysis allowed us to extract the triggers, manifestations and consequences of information overload. They found triggers related to information characteristics, information need, the working environment, the cognitive abilities of individuals and the information environment. In terms of manifestations, they found that information overload manifests itself both emotionally and cognitively. The consequences of information overload were both internal and external. These findings allowed them to provide a definition of information overload.Originality/valueThrough the authors’ concept analysis, they were able to clarify the components of information overload and provide a definition of the concept.

Antecedents and Consequences of Information Overload in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2020 has significantly affected the information environment as well as the daily life of individuals across the world, with information about COVID-19 dominating all media channels. The information provided at the time of a health crisis like COVID-19 is critical in helping people learn about the disease and the recommendations to prevent infection. However, studies have shown that when people are overwhelmed by too much information (referred to as ‘information overload’), this leads to adverse effects. This study examined the antecedents and consequences of information overload in the context of COVID-19. A survey was conducted among 627 residents in Seoul, South Korea, one of the earliest affected countries in the global outbreak. The results showed that cognitive capacity and the frequency of online news use and interpersonal communication were significant predictors of information overload. Information overload influenced how information is processed; it was associated with the tendency toward greater heuristic processing and less systematic processing. In addition, people were more likely to enact prevention behaviors when the information was processed systematically, as opposed to heuristically. The results are discussed considering both the theoretical and practical implications.

Tell Data from Meta: Tracing the Origins of Big Data, Bibliometrics, and the OPAC

AbstractThis essay discusses “Big Data” as a historical phenomenon with a long trajectory, dating back to the ancient library of Alexandria and its methods to counter information overload. The essay looks at different situations in which the proliferation of data posed problems and focuses on the development of systems and techniques—for example, bibliometrics—to cope with this abundance. After a brief inquiry into the origins of Big Data as a phenomenon, I will explore a distinction that is necessary to grasp the concept of Big Data, and which proves imperative in order to cope with the consequences of information overload. The distinction between data and metadata will be discussed and developed by dint of the history of the electronic library catalog called OPAC, which fuses two strands of Big Data: quantification and automatization.

The Consequences of Information Overload in Knowledge Based Service Economies: An Empirical Research Conducted in Geneva

We have conducted survey research to measure the perception of the Genevese population regarding the problem of information overload. The sample size is 581. Main findings indicate that information overload is a real concern in Geneva and seems to affect the efficiency of companies. Themes like sources and mediums of communications, utility of information, information pollution are investigated. In the first part of the analysis, we propose descriptive statistics. In the second part we explore a few hypotheses that are tested. [Service Science, ISSN 2164-3962 (print), ISSN 2164-3970 (online), was published by Services Science Global (SSG) from 2009 to 2011 as issues under ISBN 978-1-4276-2090-3.]

An Empirical Investigation of Deliberate Shopper Misplacement of Products on Grocery Store Shelves

Does a Special K cereal box discarded in the Magazaine Aisle, or a Ziploc Freezer Bag box left in the Sugar and Rice Aisle become meaningful when multiplied by the thousands? A four-week investigation of deliberate shopper misplacement of products on grocery store shelves (DSMPS) at a superstore on the U.S. West Coast found that DSMPS affected mostly a few store aisles, and that most items were discarded within only a short distance of their proper aisles by shoppers trying to avoid the consequences of information overload. Furthermore, lower-priced items selling at regular retail price were misplaced more often than relatively higher-prcied ones, indicated a prepurchase planting effect. Finally, and consistent with Weber's law of pricing at the retail level (stimulus intensity and stimulus perception) low and moderate price cuts initially caused misplacements to fall, but higher price cuts caused it to start rising again.