Information overload

Nowadays, information is everywhere. We are flooded by piles of information everyday even though we don’t leave home. The information comes from the Internet, TV, radio, newspaper and mobile phone etc. I love sitting on the sofa and watching TV in my free time. I can receive different kinds of information by watching different kinds of TV programs. However, one of the constraints is that we are only the “information receivers” in front of the TV. We have no control on the types of programs or information we want.

Thanks to the advancement of technology, we can be the “information creators” now. We can create own information by updating status on Facebook and blogs, uploading videos on YouTube. On the other hand, we create academic information by writing papers and assignments.

The high accessibility of different kinds of information really makes our lives more convenient, but at the same time, it also makes our lives more dangerous. The more information available to us, the more difficult we select them. As everyone can upload information on the Internet, we have to be very careful when we select what information to believe or not to believe.

I would like to share a video with all of you. The video is about information overload in digitized world.