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Information Overload

Information Overload. MIS 5105 Dr. Garrett. Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut by David Shenk. Published in 1998. Book Sections. “Signal to Noise” “Virtual Anarchy” “A New Order” “Return to Meaning”. Signal to Noise.

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Information Overload

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  1. Information Overload MIS 5105 Dr. Garrett

  2. Data Smog: Surviving the Information GlutbyDavid Shenk Published in 1998

  3. Book Sections • “Signal to Noise” • “Virtual Anarchy” • “A New Order” • “Return to Meaning”

  4. Signal to Noise • How does microtechnology and stimulus overload affect the human animal? • “How much complexity and information are we designed to handle?” • “When we’re flooded with data, what happens to our memories? Our relationships? Our sense of ourselves?”

  5. Virtual Anarchy • The social and political consequences of the “information revolution” • “…a culture beset by constant upgrades, a troublesome flood of of statistics, an upward spiral of noise, hyper-specialization, and a democracy arguably too ‘plugged in’ for its own good.”

  6. A New Order • The power dynamics that arise out of the information chaos • “Data smog is an extremely hospitable environment to a medly of unsavory characters and powerful industries. To them, information glut is not a vexing problem, but a fresh opportunity.”

  7. A Return to Meaning • Suggests a path toward “a more intelligent tranquility.” • Government action that is required • Steps an individual can adopt “in order to become empowered by information instead of being smothered by it.” • Clearing the air and creating a new information ecology

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