Meaning of infobesity | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of information overload (“the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results from it”).

informal, uncountable

Examples

“[H]ow information professionals can embrace new social networking technologies, and the move⟳ from information to knowledge and meaning, as well as the idea of ‘infobesity’.”

“We live⟳ in an age of infobesity. Information overload. Too much choice. You can't stop⟳ it – as even the Chinese are finding – by building virtual walls any more.”

“As [Anthony] Lilley (2008) has suggested, we are living in an age of ‘infobesity’.”

“On the data and information front, he believes we are suffering from infobesity. Too much information causes stress⟳ and confusion and makes us do irrational things.”

“This module introduces students to the principles of dematerialization, to the need⟳ for perpetual mutation, adaptation and to co-evolution phenomena; to the phenomenon of infobesity, and so on.”

“Internet users have⟳ access to huge amounts of information. Confronted with infobesity, their attention is rare and volatile.”

“As digital platforms continue⟳ to grow⟳, it also gives rise⟳ to infobesity and the problem of plenty which can undermine the platforms' performance.”

CEFR level