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From image overload to the main source: Information overload.
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In his 1982 book Megatrends, John Naisbitt (professor of future studies) wrote “We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” While written over 30 years ago, that line is as very true today. I interpreted ‘information’ as from a abundance of sources, however the main one is the internet. It's a sense of ‘drowning’ in the overwhelming wealth of information available.
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'Information overload' by Jihyun Ham. Is This Tomorrow? The internet allows us to have unbelievable amount of information, however it also creates negative effect on accuracy of the information, and individuals could suffer from overloaded amount of information. This 3D poster visualises information overload in physical way, and shows how it could be hard to find the real message.
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Information Leak’ by Richard Evans, 2009. Richard Evans created this typographic artwork using laser-cut letters that appear to be flowing out of a tap like water. the design was created to represent the information overload in today’s society and as Evans describes ‘(how) it over-flows into our lives’. the metaphor of water overflowing from a sink is intended to communicate this. all the letters are hand painted and laser cut from wood.
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http://networkeffect.io/shower
Network Effect by computer scientist Jonathan Harris, aims to provide a snapshot of the human condition that exists on the Internet — through the extrapolation of mass data. The project amplifies the feeling of browsing the web, exploring the psychological effects that come from our increasing addiction to the Internet. Focusing on information overload and the proliferation of data, the project is a true depiction of today’s online culture.
"Network Effect explores the psychological effect of Internet use on humanity. Like the Internet itself, the project is effectively endless, containing 10,000 video clips, 10,000 spoken sentences, news, tweets, charts, graphs, lists, and millions of individual data points, all presented in a classically-designed data visualization environment. To see and hear it all would take hours, but the viewing window is limited to around seven minutes (according to the average life expectancy in the viewer’s country), which induces a state of anxiety, triggers a fear of missing out, and totally frustrates any attempt at completeness.
The videos activate our voyeurism, the sound recordings tempt us with secrets, and the data promises a kind of omniscience, but all of it is a mirage — there is no one here to watch, there is no secret to find, and the data, which seems to be so important, is actually absurd. In this sense, the project mirrors the experience of browsing the web — full of tantalizing potential, but ultimately empty of life. We do not go away happier, more nourished, and wiser, but ever more anxious, distracted, and numb. We hope to find ourselves, but instead we forget who we are, falling into an opium haze of addiction with every click and tap.
The Internet is a miraculous tool, but all too often, it affects us like a drug. Many of its popular apps, news websites, and social networks have been carefully designed to addict and distract, so they can harvest human attention like the natural resource it is. “Keep searching and you will discover,” these services seem to proclaim, but the deepest truths cannot be found by searching — and you will not find them in data, in videos, or in images of other people’s lives. We need time and space and silence to remember who we are, who we once were, and who we can become. There is a way, and every one of us contains the potential to find it."
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De eerste onderzoeker in sociale wetenschappen die de negatieve effecten van te veel infomatie beschreef was de socioloog Georg Simmel (1858–1918). Volgens hem raakte stedelingen afgemat door een te grote hoeveelheid van sensaties in de moderne stedelijke wereld. De psycholoog Sanley Milgram (1933-1984) gebruikte de term information overload toen hij een mogelijke verklaring gaf waarom tenminste 38 toeschouwers gedurende dertig minuten niet reageerden toen een vrouw werd neergestoken in New York. Volgens hem zou deze passiviteit te wijten zijn aan hun aangeleerd gedrag om met een teveel aan informatie om te gaan. Sinds de publicatie van Milgrams theorie werd er steeds meer onderzoek gedaan naar de oorzaken van informatiestress.
Wetenschappers hebben ontdekt dat er grenzen bestaan aan de hoeveelheid informatie die een mens tegelijk kan opslaan. Volgens de psycholoog George Armitage Miller, die veel onderzoek pleegde naar het fenomeen, kunnen mensen slechts zeven onderwerpen tegelijk bevatten. Zodra dit getal wordt overschreden, ontstaat er een overload, waardoor de persoon verward raakt en niet meer in staat zal zijn om juiste beslissingen te nemen.[2] Dit werd onder andere geïllustreerd door een experiment met 192 huisvrouwen. Zij moesten kiezen uit een steeds grotere hoeveelheid merken van bepaalde artikelen. De vrouwen raakten echter zodanig verward dat zij steeds slechtere keuzes maakten.[3] David Shenk concludeerde in zijn boek Data Smog — Surviving the Information Glut:
