Info Overwhelm

Too Much Information

• Printing press
• Email
• Social media
• Big data
• Publication exploration
• Easier to spread
• Increasing population
• More knowledge creators
• Easier to publish (Internet, gutenberg)
• Social media
• Virtual reality
• Noisy environment - lots of browser windows open

Inboxes

• Slack / Teams
• Social media
• Email

Types Of Information

• Diversity
• Complexity
• Novelty
• Relevancy
• Quality
• Redundant
• Contradictory
• “Context-free” information

Pervasive and Pushed Information

• Notifications (text messages, app notifications, calls, alarms, reminders)
• Inboxes (email, social media)
• Smart mobile devices that are always with us
• Never-ending scrolling

Information Handling

• “Siloed” information
• Unconnected information
• Unindexed information
• Ineffective searching procedures

Other

• Gender
• Age
• Digital vs Physical
• Personality style
• Beliefs/knowledge in domain
• More information than expected

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Coping Tools

Cognitive Capacity

• Working memory
• Limited information processing capacity per time unit
• Decision fatigue / self-discipline
• Emotional fatigue (overwhelm, FOMO)

Resources

• Limited time (time pressure)

Emotion

Info Architecture / UX

• Encyclopedia
• Dictionary
• Map
• Diagram
• Index
• Page numbering
• Alphabetical order

Technological

• Searc