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Information Overload: Threat or Opportunity, in Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy » Read Now
by Bernhard Jungwirth, Bertram C. Bruce. 7 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Information overload: threat or opportunity by...edu Date: February 2002 Subject: Information overload: Threat or opportunity? In his...explosion and its consequence: "...
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Information Overload: Managing Intelligence Technologies, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Margaret S. MacDonald, Anthony G. Oettinger. 5 pgs.

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...Information overload: managing intelligence technologies by Margaret S. MacDonald...its customers no longer suffer from information scarcity but from information overload...
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Dilemmas in the Study of Information: Exploring the Boundaries of Information Science (Chap. 6 "The Dilemma of Information Overload: Managing in the Information Society") » Read Now
by S. D. Neill. 188 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Education, Entire Library

This book identifies the limits of the field of information science, and thus raises very real problems of the discipline in the context of people using, misusing, and abusing information. Neill provides many examples of the uses of information to illustrate how difficult it is to work with. In...
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This book identifies the limits of the field of information science, and thus raises very real problems of the discipline in the context of people using, misusing, and abusing information. Neill provides many examples of the uses of information to illustrate how difficult it is to work with. In particular he highlights problems of information scientists using information to study information. It is Neill's contention that information use problems are, in certain instances, insoluble dilemmas, for they are grounded in human nature and can be solved only by altering that nature.
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An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change (Chap. 16 "Information Overload Anxiety (and How to Overcome It)") » Read Now
by Warren Bennis. 238 pgs.

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Intranets and Push Technology: Creating an Information-Sharing Environment (Chap. 6 "Information Overload") » Read Now
by Paul Pedley. 104 pgs.

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Empowering Intranets to Implement Strategy, Build Teamwork and Manage Change ("Information Overload" begins on p. 2) » Read Now
by D. Keith Denton. 274 pgs.

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Denton explains how to combine new interactive Intranet Web-based technology with new managerial software to focus on strategic decision making, effective team management, and the big picture.
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Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age ("Information Overload" begins on p. 157) » Read Now
by William H. Dutton, Malcolm Peltu. 390 pgs.

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Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence...
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Society on the Line presents a new way of thinking about the social and economic implications of the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs). It offers a clear overview of information in the digital age, and explains how social and technical choices about ICTs influence access to information, people, services, and technologies themselves. The author calls this process `the shaping of tele-access' and shows how the concept challenges prevailing theoretical perspectives of the information and communication revolution. His clear, informed and challenging analysis ranges from the household; through the workplace and business organization; to the media as new information providers; and to government policies on information and economic strategy. In doing so he touches on important issues of information inequality, privacy, censorship, the Internet; information and organizational design; and information in the community and public policy. The main text is fully supported by case studies, boxed information, and essays written by leading ICT experts on both sides of the Atlantic. This accessible and useful book offers an invaluable guide to the information politics of the digital age. Pre-publication Endorsements `Society on the Line is a very useful book that organizes and analyses clearly and cogently a substantial body of relevant documentation. It will become required reading in universities around the world.' Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology, University of California; author of the The Rise of the Network Society `...a fascinating perspective...which provokes fresh consideration of the issues. By showing us how to identify the games being played in the on-line environment, Dutton helps us focus on the pressure points for achieving respect for our information. Privacy need not be at risk as ICTs are exploited.The more we understand the drivers for change, the more we can influence the information handling culture which is emerging.' Elizabeth France, UK Data Protection Registrar
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Communication of Complex Information: User Goals and Information Needs for Dynamic Web Information ("Information Overload and Information Dumping" begins on p. 147) » Read Now
by Michael J. Albers. 263 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The amount of information available for any realistic complex situation is likely to overwhelm most users as well as stymie any designer tasked with presenting the information. This book develops a foundation for analysis and design of the approaches to providing complex information in real-world situations.
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E-Sphere: The Rise of the World-Wide Mind ("Information Overload" begins on p. 221) » Read Now
by Joseph N. Pelton. 266 pgs.

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How will members of human society interact with each other in the new millennium and the new "e-sphere" that defines 21st century life? That is the question that writer, teacher, scientist, and futurist Joseph Pelton takes on in this new book. We have moved beyond the "global village" envisioned by...
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How will members of human society interact with each other in the new millennium and the new "e-sphere" that defines 21st century life? That is the question that writer, teacher, scientist, and futurist Joseph Pelton takes on in this new book. We have moved beyond the "global village" envisioned by Marshall McLuhan. We are now living in the "e-sphere" where rapid-fire, non-stop broad band global communication is the norm. The result is that we no longer receive information passively; to survive we must create and share it. Constant interaction and "future compression" defines the new non-linear paradigm of the world as outlined in Pelton's 21st Century. All this he explores in clear, engaging prose, well buttressed by research and his lifetime of thought. A truly important, necessary study for people at all levels of today's organizations, and for those expecting to live in the age of the "World-wide Mind."
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Information Ecology: Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment ("Handling Information Overload" begins on p. 91) » Read Now
by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak. 255 pgs.

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According to virtually every business writer, we are in the midst of a new "information age," one that will revolutionize how workers work, how companies compete, perhaps even how thinkers think. And it is certainly true that Information Technology has become a giant industry. In America, more that...
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According to virtually every business writer, we are in the midst of a new "information age," one that will revolutionize how workers work, how companies compete, perhaps even how thinkers think. And it is certainly true that Information Technology has become a giant industry. In America, more that 50% of all capital spending goes into IT, accounting for more than a third of the growth of the entire American economy in the last four years. Over the last decade, IT spending in the U.S. is estimated at 3 trillion dollars. And yet, by almost all accounts, IT hasn't worked all that well. Why is it that so many of the companies that have invested in these costly new technologies never saw the returns they had hoped for? And why do workers, even CEOs, find it so hard to adjust to new IT systems? In Information Ecology, Thomas Davenport proposes a revolutionary new way to look at information management, one that takes into account the total information environment within an organization. Arguing that the information that comes from computer systems may be considerably less valuable to managers than information that flows in from a variety of other sources, the author describes an approach that encompasses the company's entire information environment, the management of which he calls information ecology. Only when organizations are able to combine and integrate these diverse sources of information, and to take them to a higher level where information becomes knowledge, will they realize the full power of their information ecology. Thus, the author puts people, not technology, at the center of the information world. Information and knowledge are human creations, he points out, and we will never excel at managing them until we give people a primary role. Citing examples drawn from his own extensive research and consulting including such major firms as A.T. & T., American Express, Ford, General Electric, Hallmark, Hoffman La Roche, IBM, Polaroid, Pacific Bell, and Toshiba Davenport illuminates the critical components of information ecology, and at every step along the way, he provides a quick assessment survey for managers to see how their organization measures up. He discusses the importance of developing an overall strategy for information use; explores the infighting, jealousy over resources, and political battles that can frustrate information sharing; underscores the importance of looking at how people really use information (how they search for it, modify it, share it, hoard it, and even ignore it) and the kinds of information they want; describes the ideal information staff, who not only store and retrive information, but also prune, provide context, enhance style, and choose the right presentation medium (in an age of work overload, vital information must be presented compellingly so the appropriate people recognize and use it); examines how information management should be done on a day to day basis; and presents several alternatives to the machine engineering approach to structuring and modeling information. Davenport makes explicit what many managers already know in their gut: that useful information flow depends on people, not equipment. In Information Ecology he paves the way for all managers to build a more competitive, creative, practical information environment for their companies.
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Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet ("Information Overload" begins on p. 117) » Read Now
by Tim Jordan. 254 pgs.

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This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material. Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including: * power and cyberspace * the...
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This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material. Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including: * power and cyberspace * the virtual individual * society in cyberspace * imagination and the internet.
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Post-Intellectualism and the Decline of Democracy: The Failure of Reason and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century ("The Information Overload: The Second Determinant" begins on p. 56) » Read Now
by Donald N. Wood. 304 pgs.

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Our society's institutional infrastructures--our democratic political system, economic structures, legal practices, and educational establishment--were all created as intellectual outgrowths of the Enlightenment. All our cultural institutions are based on the intellectual idea that an enlightened...
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Our society's institutional infrastructures--our democratic political system, economic structures, legal practices, and educational establishment--were all created as intellectual outgrowths of the Enlightenment. All our cultural institutions are based on the intellectual idea that an enlightened citizenry could govern its affairs with reason and responsibility. In the late 20th century, however, we are witnessing the disintegration of much of our cultural heritage. Wood argues that this is due to our evolution into a post-intellectual society--a society characterized by a loss of critical thinking, the substitution of information for knowledge, mediated reality, increasing illiteracy, loss of privacy, specialization, psychological isolation, hyper-urbanization, moral anarchy, and political debilitation. These post-intellectual realities are all triggered by three underlying determinants: the failure of linear growth and expansion to sustain our economic system; the runaway information overload; and technological determinism. Wood presents a new and innovative social theory, challenging readers to analyze all our post-intellectual cultural malaise in terms of these three fundamental determinants.
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No Way of Knowing: Crime, Urban Legends, and the Internet ("Information Overload" begins on p. 144) » Read Now
by Pamela Donovan. 238 pgs.

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This book examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new media' interactive discussions of them: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists. It examines rumors in the...
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This book examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new media' interactive discussions of them: versions and discussions circulating in Internet newsgroups and via electronic mail lists. It examines rumors in the electronic age, with an eye towards a social context vastly changed from the height of rumor research in the mid-twentieth century.
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Organizational Cognition: Computation and Interpretation ("Information Overload" begins on p. 335) » Read Now
by Theresa K. Lant, Zur Shapira. 389 pgs.

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Organizational Cognition is a collection of chapters written by scholars from around the world. The editors outline the history of two approaches to the study of cognition in organizations, the computational approach and the interpretive approach. The chapters represent some of the most cutting-edge...
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Organizational Cognition is a collection of chapters written by scholars from around the world. The editors outline the history of two approaches to the study of cognition in organizations, the computational approach and the interpretive approach. The chapters represent some of the most cutting-edge research on organizational cognition, covering research that spans many levels of analysis. Much of the work in the book demonstrates how computational and interpretive approaches can be combined in a way that provides greater insight into cognitive processes in and among organizations. The editors conclude by elaborating the likely boundary conditions of each approach and how they can be combined for a more complete understanding of cognition in organizations.
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