Information overload
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of an excess of information, or a state of stress which results. uncountable
"One of the men who has pioneered in information studies, Dr. James G. Miller, director of the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan, states flatly that “Glutting a person with more information than he can process may . . . lead to disturbance.” He suggests, in fact, that information overload may be related to various forms of mental illness."
Example
More examples"One of the men who has pioneered in information studies, Dr. James G. Miller, director of the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan, states flatly that “Glutting a person with more information than he can process may . . . lead to disturbance.” He suggests, in fact, that information overload may be related to various forms of mental illness."
Etymology
Popularized by Alvin Toffler in Future Shock (1970).